El camaleón
The name of the friendly lizard appears to be Phrynosoma Asio, but is known locally as “camaleón” (even though there are no native Mexican chamaeleons, or perhaps precisely because of that).
The name of the friendly lizard appears to be Phrynosoma Asio, but is known locally as “camaleón” (even though there are no native Mexican chamaeleons, or perhaps precisely because of that).
In a recent message to debian-legal (may have not appeared yet when you read this) I said that I didn’t believe in “oh, this clause in this license is not relevant, since it’s already implied by law”. I believe that if it’s there, it’s for a reason, and I don’t want to be surprised when I find out what it is for. Furthermore, “implied by law” means nothing, since laws change, and different countries have different laws (really!).
In other words, I don’t think lawyers go around putting decorative clauses in license statements. If they had such an artistic inclination, the results would rather look like this:
[…] construed as a distribution of this Package.
9.
If you intend to advertise,
our name you may not utilise.
Get our written permission first,
or in jail you’ll die of thirst.10. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR […]
I found it fitting to do this to the Artistic License :-)
(Yes, I know it’s hideous. Think of it as lawyer-poetry.)