= C(ontinued)-MaNGOS -- README =

Copyright (C) 2005-2012 C(ontinued)-MaNGOS project

  CMaNGOS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

  Exceptions where the GPL does not apply are below

=== Welcome to C(ontinued)-MaNGOS ===

C(ontinued)-MaNGOS is a project with the goal:

            Doing WoW-Emulation Right!

This means, we want to focus on:

* WoW-Emulation:
    This project is about developing a server software to be able to
    emulate some well known MMORPG service

* Doing:
  - This project is focused about developing content!
  - Also there are many more aspects that need to be done and are
    considered equally important.
    So anybody who wants to do stuff is very welcome to do so!

* Right:
  - Our goal always must be to provide the best code we can
  - Being 'right' is defined by the behavior of the system
    we want to emulate
  - Developing things right also contains documenting and discussing
    _how_ to do things better, hence
  - Learning and Teaching are very important in our view, and must
    always be part of what we do.

To be able to provide for these goals, we assert:

* Freedom
  - for our developers and contributers on things that interest them.
    No one here is telling anybody _what_ to do.
    If you want somebody to do something for you, pay him,
    but we are here to enjoy.
  - to have FUN with developing.

* A friendly environment
  - we try to let personal issues behind us
  - we only argue about content, and not about thin air!
  - we follow the Netiquette <insert link when found>

Documentation can be found in the doc/ subdirectory.

-- The C(ontinued)-MaNGOS Team!

== Exceptions to GPL ==

  Some third-party libraries CMaNGOS uses have other licenses, that must be uphold.
  These libraries are located within the dep/ directory

  In addition, as a special exception, the CMaNGOS project
  gives permission to link the code of its release of MaNGOS with the
  OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it
  that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute
  the linked executables.  You must obey the GNU General Public License
  in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL".  If you
  modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the
  file, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do
  so, delete this exception statement from your version.