An artistic license is to have the right claimed by artists to express themselves without having to adhere precisely to the truth. This presents problems when artistic works (such as films) are used b [..]

The open source license that Larry Wall created for Perl, maximizing Perl’s usefulness, availability, and modifiability. The current version is 2. (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license. [..]

A colloquial term used to denote the distortion or complete ignorance or changing of an established fact in the name of art.

An intentional deviation from fact or convention, for artistic effect. Using artistic license, an artist, writer, or musician may change the facts or details of source materials in obvious or subtle w [..]