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Evennia Licence FAQ
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Evennia is licensed under the very friendly *Modified Clarified Artistic
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License*. You can find the license as ``LICENCE`` in the Evennia root
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directory. You can also read the full license file
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`here <http://code.google.com/p/evennia/source/browse/trunk/LICENSE>`_.
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You should read the full license text to know what it says exactly, but
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here are some answers to common questions.
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Q: When creating a game using Evennia, what does the licence permit me to do with it?
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**A:** It's your own game world to do with as you please! To summarize,
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a MUD world you create using Evennia (i.e. the files you create in
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``/game/``) falls under **§6** of the license (it's a sort of
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"library"). So your game world and all its contents belongs to you (as
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it should be). Keep it to yourself or re-distribute it under any license
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of your choice - or sell it and become filthy rich for all we care.
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Q: I have modified Evennia itself, what does the license say about that?
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**A:** The Evennia package itself (i.e. the stuff you download from us)
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is referred to as "The Package, Standard version" in the license.
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- If you just fixed a typo or bug, that falls under **§2** - that is,
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you don't *have* to do anything to appease the license. Regardless,
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we'd of course appreciate it if you submitted bugs/fixes to us so
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Evennia becomes more complete!.
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- If you made bigger modifications or added new features to the server,
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that's also ok, but falls under **§3** - you must make a clear note
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of the changes you did and put those changes into public domain
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(since it's then no longer a "Standard version"). You could also
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contact the Evennia developers to make separate arrangements ... but
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of course, if you plan to add new features to the server, the easiest
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way to do so is to simply become an Evennia developer!
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Q: Can I re-distribute the Evennia server package along with my custom game implementation?
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**A:** Sure. This is covered in **§4** - just package the "Standard
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version" (that is, the one you download from us) with your game files.
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Also make sure to include the original license and disclaimers and note
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where users may get "plain" Evennia should they want to download it of
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their own.
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