CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This simulation — its source code, game mechanics, case-study content, character narratives, scenario text, dialogue, teaching notes, documentation, website content, and all other associated materials — is licensed as a single work under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Attribution (BY)
You must give clear and prominent credit: name the original author (Ammon Salter, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick), include the suggested citation, state the licence, and indicate any changes made. Credit must appear in the work itself — for example on an about screen, a title slide, or a course handbook. You may not imply institutional endorsement without separate written permission.
NonCommercial (NC) — Educational Use
Permitted — Educational use: You may freely use this simulation in any educational context where the primary purpose is teaching and learning. This includes but is not limited to:
- Undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA, EMBA, and doctoral programmes, even where students pay tuition fees
- Summer schools, intensive programmes, and short courses run by accredited educational institutions
- MOOCs and online courses offered free or as part of an accredited programme
- In-class sessions, flipped classrooms, pre-class assignments, and embedding in institutional LMS platforms (Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, etc.)
- Student competitions, hackathons, and entrepreneurship programmes run by educational institutions
- Academic research, conference workshops, faculty development, and pedagogical experimentation
- Non-profit organisations, charities, and government-funded skills programmes delivered at no charge to participants
- Self-directed learning by individuals for personal or professional development
The key principle: if the setting is primarily educational and not structured as a paid commercial service, it is permitted. Educators are encouraged to adapt the simulation and share their innovations under the same licence.
NonCommercial (NC) — Commercial Use
Not permitted without a separate licence — Commercial use: A separate licence is required for contexts where the simulation is used as part of a paid commercial service, including:
- Executive education programmes where participants or their employers pay fees for the training
- Corporate training, leadership development, or in-house learning programmes
- Paid consulting engagements that incorporate the simulation as a deliverable
- Commercial workshops, bootcamps, or accelerator programmes
- Reselling, sublicensing, or bundling the simulation into paid products or services
- Hosting behind a paywall or charging access fees in any form
- Free versions that carry advertising or collect user data for commercial purposes
- Repackaging or incorporating the game's content, code, scenarios, character narratives, design, or materials into any other product or service
The key principle: if participants or their sponsors are paying specifically for the experience and the simulation is a material part of what they receive, a commercial licence is needed. Showing adverts on a free copy is a commercial use. It needs a licence, whether or not the player pays anything. The same applies to any product or service that incorporates the game's content, code, scenarios, character narratives, or design and generates revenue through advertising, data collection, or any other means. Free distribution does not make a use non-commercial if someone profits from it.
Unsure whether your use qualifies? Contact the author — most educational uses are fine, and commercial licences please email ammon.salter@wbs.ac.uk.
ShareAlike (SA)
Derivative works must use the same licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) and make their source available to others. No additional legal restrictions or technological measures (DRM, paywalls) may be applied. The ShareAlike obligation applies to the whole work if it incorporates a substantial portion of this simulation.
No Additional Restrictions
You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the licence permits.