User blog comment:TheStudyOfTheUnknown/A bit more 1.9 stuff/@comment-26222246-20150926105112

I heard that apperently mods in 1.9 won't need to be downloaded to play on a modded server. Pretty much plugins, if this is the case then there is 1 reason for the modding community to bang their head repeatedly against the brick wall of 1.8 compatibility to eventually smash into 1.9.