Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing

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If you've held back from developing open source or free software projects because you don't understand the implications of the various licenses, you're not alone. Many developers believe in releasing their software freely, but have hesitated to do so because they're concerned about losing control over their software. Licensing issues are complicated, and both the facts and fallacies you hear word-of-mouth can add to the confusion. Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing helps you make sense of the different options available to you. This concise guide focuses on annotated licenses, offering an in-depth explanation of how they compare and interoperate, and how license choices affect project possibilities. Written in clear language that you don't have to be a lawyer to understand, the book answers such questions as: What rights am I giving up? How will my use of OS/FS licensing affect future users or future developers? Does a particular use of this software--such as combining it with proprietary software--leave me vulnerable to lawsuits? Following a quick look at copyright law, contracts, and the definition of "open source," the book tackles the spectrum of licensing, including:

The MIT (or X), BSD, Apache and Academic Free licenses
The GPL, LGPL, and Mozilla licenses
The QT, Artistic, and Creative Commons licenses
Classic Proprietary licenses
Sun Community Source license and Microsoft Shared Source project

The book wraps up with a look at the legal effects--both positive and negative--of open source/free software licensing. Licensing is a major part of what open source and free software are all about, but it's still one of the most complicated areas of law. Even the very simple licenses are tricky. Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing bridges the gap between the open source vision and the practical implications of its legal underpinnings. If open source and free software licenses interest you, this book will help you understand them. If you're an open source/free software developer, this book is an absolute necessity.

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Important and timely.......2005-03-30

People don't realize how important licensing is with open source, but there is a lot.

Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing is a very needed book and well written.

A Worthwhile Introduction to Open Source Licensing.......2005-01-30

Understanding Open Source & Free Software Licensing
Andrew M. St. Laurent
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When sharing with others that I was reviewing an O'Reilly book through their User Group & Professional Association Program, the first question was always the same: "What book are you reviewing?" After saying the title was "Understanding Open Source & Free Software Licensing", responses ranged from "What's that?" to "Well, you won't have any trouble sleeping!" One might think that this list of people included relatives and coworkers who were not attuned to the open source community and its issues. On the contrary, the responses came from those within my circle of acquaintances that include software developers, system administrators, and even an intellectual property lawyer. Licensing is not exactly the sort of topic where people slide forward in their seats and ask to be told more. Such is the appeal of software licensing; however, the importance of understanding licensing, particularly within the context of open source development, cannot be overstated.

Those familiar with the O'Reilly product offerings have no doubt seen or purchased one or more their Pocket Reference series (http://pocketrefs.oreilly.com/). They are not comprehensive references, but rather convenient guides for a specific topic to provide the sort of information one is not likely to have committed to memory, particularly as the trend of having cross-disciplined technologists continues. This book could be considered the analog of pocket guides for open source and free software licensing. Open source licenses and their legal interpretation are subject matter that easily warrant a "pocket reference" that is a full-sized book of nearly 200 pages.

Frankly, reading through a software license and maintaining a reasonable level of comprehension is a rather tough job. The author manages to make the task far more bearable and fruitful at the same time; a difficult balance to strike. The pace of the annotation works well to break up the various licenses (twelve in total) into bite-sized chunks. Chapters 2 and 3, which address the BSD/MIT family of licenses and the GPL/LGPL/MPL family of licenses respectively, each end with a section titled "Application and Philosophy" that serves as a sort of reward for making it through the license and establishes a touchstone to summarize and provide meaningful context for what has been covered.

The annotations of the different licenses are a great introduction, but the book should not be considered as a complete reference for open source licensing issues. The book seems to affirm this at points where the author indicates that particular topics fall outside the book's scope, even to the point of recommending experienced legal counsel for certain issues. It also has a wonderful collection of footnotes and reference to other resources to allow the reader to flesh out topics of interest beyond the focus of this work.

One subtlety of the book that should not be missed is how the history of the open source movement is woven throughout the book to provide the context in which these licenses came into being and were modified to accommodate the vibrant, emerging world of open development models. The book's last two chapters bring that context to the foreground, fully developing the consequence of the licenses in daily development activity. It is far too easy to view these licenses and as mere legal documents that exist in and of themselves; the author reminds us that these licenses are the manifestations of a spirit of selfless contribution and work toward social good made possible by the considerable sacrifice of quite gifted individuals. For those passionate about the open source and free software movements, the section of chapter 7 titled "Models of Open Source and Free Software Development" is a poignant and stirring encapsulation of the first years of the GNU and Linux projects and the work that brought them into being. The cliché rings true; we do indeed "stand on the shoulders of giants."

The number of editorial errors involving misspelled and/or missing words seemed relatively high; this is a trend that seems to have developed in technical books in recent years, to a point that the technical community has come to accept it as some sort of side effect of the rapid pace with which books must be produced in order to keep pace with the rate of change. Given that this is an issue present in other works as well as this one, it should not particularly count as a mark against the work, but rather serve to underscore an issue publishers should consider improving.

"Understanding Open Source & Free Software Licensing" is a book which strikes a balance between completeness of subject matter coverage and manageability of size. Given the amount of attention the average open source user or developer has given to licensing, reading this book would be a considerable improvement. This book is recommended for a couple of audiences. First, it serves as a great foundation for developers either active in or contemplating participation in open source development. Searching most any open source mailing list for the term "license" can usually turn up some of its hottest flame wars. If most developers had this introductory level of understanding about the main open source licenses, hundreds of message threads arguing about licensing could be avoided.

A second audience for this book is the project manager and/or CTO in most corporate IT shops. Most corporate projects are making use of numerous open source libraries and frameworks. This is particularly true with J2EE, but also with .Net as a number of .Net counterparts to popular J2EE resources arise, e.g. NAnt, NUnit, etc. This book can dispel unnecessary apprehension regarding the use of these libraries that often arises from fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) propagated in much of the mainstream technology media. It can also equip managers to make informed decisions about team members' potential contributions to open source projects and the potential legal implications.

good quick reference.......2005-01-13

I am an attorney who does open source software license work for a living. When this book came along, I picked it up, mostly because I was interested in seeing how O'Reilly does branching out well beyond its usual technical subjects. As you are probably aware, 2004 was the year of open source, according to some publications. Well, it was also the year of open source books. I have seen at least five that deal with the topic directly.

Getting to the merits of St. Laurent's book, I struggled with whether to give it three or four stars. You see, even as a lawyer I found it lacking in clarity and flow. Overall, I am opposed to the route he took in excerpting almost every term of each license and then providing exposition of his own that was a lot of times hardly more helpful than the original license language. A better approach to explaining the licenses can be found in Larry Rosen's wonderful book "Open Source Licensing." However, this downside becomes an upside when using the book as a reference, instead of an educational guide (justifying the fourth star). St. Laurent's approach here is useful for going into more depth on a particular license. Perhaps that was the goal all along.

Another advantage this book has over Rosen's is its broader treatment of the growing array of licenses and license types. St. Laurent covers more licenses and for that I am thankful. In the end, I would recommend having a copy of both Rosen's and St. Laurent's book handy. And whatever you do, skip Rod Dixon's "Open Source Software Law."

Clearly defines licensing standards - great reference.......2004-12-28

Software licensing can be one of the most confusing issues of software installation and development. Most people assume that there are few if any issues with Open Source and Free Software Licensing but that often is not the case. While it may be free to install you wade into murky waters when you change the code, make a new program that uses some of the coding of the open source program, make a derivative program, or a host of other situations. Part of the confusion is that all Open Source or Free Software licensing is not the same. For example there are the MIT, BSD, Apache, and Academic Free Licenses. Or what about the GNU license? Most people don't realize that there are two different versions of GNU licenses, the GNU General Public License (GPL) and the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)? Then there is the Mozilla Public License, Q Public License, Artistic License, and Creative Commons License.

Author Andrew M. St. Laurent does an excellent job explaining all these various licenses, what you can do and can't do, the various benefits and shortcomings of the licenses and pitfalls to watch for. If you are doing development in this arena, have made an improvement to one of the programs, or have written a program for internal use that might have resell value you can't afford to not understand the nuances of the various licensing agreements. Understanding Open Source & Free Software Licensing is highly recommended and required reading for anyone in this situation.

Not at all as dry as I thought it would be.......2004-10-14

I honestly didn't think I'd find this as interesting as I did. As important as licenses are, an annotated listing of them didn't sound like anything I wanted to flop back on the couch with. However, the author has managed to make this both interesting and educational.

It covers all the common open source licenses, explaining what each section means, and digging into problems that might come up for the licensor or licensee. Open Source isn't all that it covers: standard shrink-wrap licenses are examined, as is Sun's Community Source License and Microsoft's "Shared Source Initiative".

Finally, the book itself is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs license. It is interesting that O'Reilly is willing to publish works like this, but I'm glad they are.

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Brit Chic Lit is fun.
Not the best Ms. Fforde has written
Old Friends
Pleasant but not outstanding
Fun Fforde Fluff But Nothing Special

Artistic License

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Single, thritysomething Thea traded her promising career as a photographer for the quiet countryside of the English Cotswalds. But when she meets a promising, sexy Irish painter while vacationing in Provence, her creative spirit is unexpectedly reawakened.

Impressed by Rory's charm, but even more taken by his talent, Thea is determined to showcase his paintings for the art world. Resisting his sex appeal, convincing him to forgo the London art scene, and transforming an abandoned building into a cutting-edge gallery in the less-than-hip countryside all give Thea more of a challenge than she bargained for.

Add to the mix a group of old friends, some reluctant teens, a passel of puppies, and a new romantic prospect or two, and Katie Fforde's latest novel delivers art, friendship, love, sex, and delicious new beginnings.

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Brit Chic Lit is fun........2006-04-29

A pleasant read but I'm not sure why Katie Fforde writes so often about women who are frazzled from juggling too many responsibilities. They are always tired. Still, I enjoyed reading "Artistic License", though not as much as "Second Thyme Around".

Not the best Ms. Fforde has written.......2005-10-06

Artistic License was not my favorite Fforde novel, but I didn't dislike it either. I enjoyed all the eclectic characters, especially Thea, and her relationship with small Toby was sweet. Into the mix of "characters" was Lara and her litter of puppies, and I found them to be charming.

One thing I notice about Ms. Fforde's novels is that the protagonist and the main male character, who she inevitably falls for, often seem to be at odds at first, and argue and fuss at each other a lot before they realize they are in love. While the banter can be enjoyable, I think that this device has seen its day in Ms. Fforde's novels.

I also found the Ben character a little more one-dimensional than I'm used to with Katie Fforde's books. Regardless, I do not regret reading this one and will always look forward to my next Katie Fforde book.

Old Friends.......2003-04-04

While Katie Fforde continues to use some of the same old cliches to hook our interest. That is why we come back to her time and time again, because sometimes the warmest reads are the predictable-heart-melting-make-you-sigh-in-spite-of-yourself love stories. Not one of her finest love yarns, yet it holds true to what Katie Fforde writes.
The books you can curl up to when you need to be reminded that deep down we are ALL hopeless romantics.

Pleasant but not outstanding.......2003-01-31

Basically I agree with all of the other reviews here -- this is a charming, pleasant read, but not Fforde's best (which would have to be Second Thyme Around). What I would like to know is, did anyone catch the line about which Booklist said, "[people may be put off by ]British colloquialisms, including one that could be viewed as so "politically incorrect" as to be offensive." It slipped by me!

Fun Fforde Fluff But Nothing Special.......2003-01-14

Katie Fforde is the ultimate fluff-meister, and there's nothing wrong with that, in and of itself. But I had high hopes, after "Second Thyme Around," that Fforde was prepared to add some meaning to her tales. Not so with "Artistic License," a pleasant little romp that's as easy to digest as vanilla pudding.

I find all of Fforde's heroines endearing, and Thea, the subject of this particular book, is the typical Fforde protagonist: a thirtysomething single Brit with a sweet temperament and a "let's get on with it" disposition. She's a bit muddled around the edges, and a bit of a Bridget Jones, but she is so endearing that the reader really wants to see her succeed in her hairbrained scheme to open an art gallery in the English countryside.

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In Renaissance Italy, Carla Buonomi is determined to find a new life for herself where she can put her artistic talents to good use. Dressed as boy - albeit a very pretty one - she travels to Florence and finds work as an apprentice to a master craftsman. All goes well until she is expected to perform licentious favours for her employer. In an atmosphere of repressed passion, it is only a matter of time before her secret is revealed.

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Beautifully told historical erotica..........2005-06-25

Artistic License is one of the most erotic historical novels I have read in quite a while. Vivienne Lafay creates a wonderful story with beautiful prose and almost palpable descriptions set during Renaissance Italy. The novel tells the story of Carla, a young woman who escapes her home after she is seduced by her cousin. In an attempt to protect herself from ruffians on the street and to keep her identity a secret, she changes her name to Carlo and disguises herself as a man. She is taken by an artist named Piero -- who discovers she is a woman and offers her shelter in exchange for sexual favors. She becomes his lover and artistic apprentice trying to become a guild member to sell paintings. But everything changes when she meets fellow apprentice Marco. Marco doesn't know that Carlo is actually Carla, and hiding her desire for Marco and concealing her real identity becomes all the more difficult for Carla. There are various twists throughout the novel.

The erotic scenes are wonderful and smoldering, yet lyrical and sensual as well. I couldn't keep the book down. The sexual tension between Carla and Marco alone makes the book a worthwhile read. The characters are well developed and the story is beautiful, nuance and full of layers and memorable prose. Erotica is seldom written so rich and lyrical. Most erotic novels, especially the Black Lace ones, end up reading like Penthouse letters and Artistic License (along with The Captivation, The Ninety Days of Genevieve, and a few others) is the rare exception. If you're in the bargain for a historical erotica that tells a compelling story and is intelligent to boot, do not hesitate to pick up this gem.

Certainly one of Black Lace top ten books ..........2004-06-28

WOW ... you can't imagine how many books one has to read in this genre before a gem is found that actually has an interesting story well written with superb character development and real life erotica that does not entail the women getting the living daylights beaten out of her .....

This novel deals with a young girl, Carla, during the Italian renaissance finding family life untenable afer being pleasantly seduced by her older cousin, Stefano. Unable to endure the shame she disguses herfelf as a young man, since women alone would really not fare well in the streets, and makes her way in the world.

Carla changeds her name to Carlo and is immediately taken in by a master painter, Piero, who was a Guild member (Artist union). During this time only Guild members were allowed to sell their paintings while younger artists had to content themselves with apprenticeship positions relegated to the painstaking tasks of mixing and preparing paints for the master.

Carla managed to keep her identity secret even though she began to like another apprentice, Marco, who was also working for his Guild licence.

Of course without giving away the story, the novel is solid and holds together, with Carla trying to live her life as a man while yearning for pleasures of the flesh as a woman. It's very easy for the reader to identify with Carla's plight and the frustration of the girl trying to live through the rules and norms of the renaissance society are very very palpable ...

The author spends considerable time with the exciting life story of Carla while keeping sexual tension and erotic interludes in the forefront ....

Erotic adventures in Old Italy.......2000-09-28

I've read many Black Lace novels. This one was average, or maybe a little below average in my view.

Carla wants to be an artist,but females are not allowed to do anything that interesting in Renaissance Italy. So, she disguises herself as a boy, and goes to work in Piero's studio. Piero soon discovers her secret. He makes her his not unwilling lover, but it's Marco, a young apprentice she really craves. How can she seduce Marco when he thinks she is a boy?

I couldn't really get into this story because I thought Marco was not a particularly interesting love interest. He was rather one dimensional Also, it seemed like the author suddenly realized she was running out of time, and ended the book bery abruptly.

This was not my favorite Black Lace novel, but it was far from my least favorite.

Romantic, colorful, and touching.......1999-11-17

I am a big fan of the Black Lace series, but this is one of my favorites. LaFay's richly descriptive prose drew me into the world of Renaissance Italy, and her portrayal of the struggling artist Carla Buonomi, who has to disguise herself as a boy in order to pursue her dream, stayed with me long after I had finished the book. This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy erotica as an overall sensual experience; all of the senses are engaged in this story of a young woman's development as a creative and sexual person. The writing is juicy, bawdy, and fun to read. My only criticism would be that some of the language is anachronistic, but I found that easy to overlook. This is a very special novel.

An interesting book.......1999-09-23

Not one of Lafay's best books. Some scenes were medium-hot while many others were just flat. The plot was pretty good.

Artistic License: Three Centuries of Good Writing and Bad Behavior

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The Dentist's Office of Literature
Sketches of Provocative Icons.
A critical evaluation of three centuries of good writing
Fair and balanced

Artistic License: Three Centuries of Good Writing and Bad Behavior
Brooke Allen
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Brooke Allen's sparkling new collection of essays considers the dysfunctional and apparently destructive nature of great talent. Ms. Allen shows how the incendiaries of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were, in real terms, far more daring and more disturbing to the moral and ideological systems of their time than is the modern mutineer, who stages his rebellion within a social framework that condones--or at least pretends to condone--rebellion. She finds it surprising that so many writers held on to artistic rectitude in the face of all-but-insuperable personal failings.

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The Dentist's Office of Literature.......2005-09-20

I hate these thrown together collections of essays. They're so insulting to the reader, especially when the author doesn't even bother updating them. Thus in this brand new book we find out (in an essay called "The Self-renewing Jane Austen") that Jane Austen is the hottest film property of the 1990s. Fascinating back then, but we've moved on. "Austenites will soon have a film of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, starring Emma Thompson." How much work would it have been for Brooke Allen to go back and put this essay into the past tense--or better yet, update the status of Austen's alleged trendiness? Show your readers some respect, don't fob them off with these puff pieces you got paid for writing already by the magazines which commissioned them. Reading a book like this is like being stuck in a dentist office with four year old copies of PEOPLE (or in this case, THE NEW CRITERION). Could anything be more dire?

That said, Brooke Allen is an amusing commentator and I can see why editors, hoping to provide a bit of a splash, hire her to write about books. In one case (the last essay, a survey of Simon Raven's life and work) she actually writes something of consequence, something unexpected. And even her rehashes of familiar material have a lightness about them, like Julia Child's pastry. Her account of Henty, the celebrated English children's author of the Victorian Era, has a glowy shine, like the flush one gets while watching THE FOUR FEATHERS. While she's no Fran Lebowitz she likes her jokes and verbal horseplay. In short, she's amusing--laughing gas pumped into the dentist's office to make the wait less painful.

Brooke Allen is the author of a previous book which used similar techniques while limiting herself, then, to the 20th century. Here she goes back to Pepys, Austen, H.C. Andersen, etc., and the focus stutters and wobbles, maybe her talent is being stretched a bit too far.

Sketches of Provocative Icons........2005-03-22

This literary critic chooses unorthodox writers in a haphazard manner. She has very little good to say about the eighteen authors she explores in this volume, similar to the 2003 20TH CENTURY ATTITUDES she had published by the same Chicago firm.

Henry James, she says, used women, first his cousin whose death inspired him to write about DAISY MILLER, and another fiction writer he used for THE AMBASSADORS who eventually committed suicide.

L. Frank Baum's OZ stories written for children reflect life in America during WW1. One wise assertion" "Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it."

Fitzgerald and Hemingway were both involved with Gerald Murphy, who impressed Europeans with his style and wealth. Sinclair Lewis, winner of the 1926 Pulitzer prize for ARROWSMITH, refused to accept the honor. He showed no "inferiority complex" in ELMER GENTRY.

Others included in this 'exposure of their faults' include Thackeray, Hawthorne, Hans Christian Andersen and others lesser known or remembered. It does sound more like gossip than history. It's preferable to commemorate the 'genius' these writers presented, as we all have "skeletons in the closet." It never sets well to "air dirty linen." This book leaves a bad impression of the tale-bearer instead of the chosen victims.

A critical evaluation of three centuries of good writing.......2004-11-06

Brooke Allen is a rising literary star whose prior look at 20th century writers received rave reviews; but ARTISTIC LICENSE requires no prior familiarity to stand alone as another excellent literary consideration. Allen's theme here is the dysfunctional, destructive nature of great talent: her survey of changing moral and ideological systems and the rebellion in writer's lives provides quite a lively and critical evaluation of three centuries of good writing and scandalous scholars.

Fair and balanced.......2004-11-02

First let me say the rationale for grouping these diverse literary essays is misleading; despite contrary claims on the book jacket, not all of the authors included led blemished lives. It probably seemed as good editorial justification for compiling these literary biographical essays as any, as they were clearly written for very different purposes over the years.

But getting beyond that minor critique, the collection is uniformly entertaining, informative and well-written. Allen is an opinionated and witty critic, and is not shy about taking on others in the field (e.g. Joyce Carol Oates in one essay). And while this book may act as a pleasant intro to the authors discussed, it rarely scales the heights of either profundity or dazzling insight which someone like James Wood can provide. Anyone superficially familiar with many of these writers will find themselves trodding familiar ground. For the novice, however, they are a very good place to start.

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A New Star Emerges
Promising start for a new author
delightful fine arts mystery

Artistic License
Julie A. Hyzy
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A New Star Emerges.......2004-12-11

Artistic License is an important books for several reasons. First and foremost, it's a really great read. I don't read a lot of cozies or romances, but this one blends the genres of mystery and suspense so well, that it goes down as smooth as a cool drink on a hot day. Hyzy's handling of the grittier aspects of crime fiction also deserve high praise.
Which brings me to reason number two. It's rare when a book succeeds on so many levels, but Artistic License does just that. Fans of romantic suspense will be thrilled by Anne Callahan's exploits, while lovers of police porcedurals will be hoping to see more of the adroitly depicted cops and unsavory characters. I was sorry to finish this one because I wanted it to go on and on.
Which brings up reason number three. As a first-time novelist, Hyzy avoids many of the mistakes and pitfalls that usually plague first books. She shows a fine grasp of plotting and pacing, and knows that sometimes giving your reader just enough, keeps him turning those pages. Her writing style is polished and full of grace (She must have been born on a Monday!), and the characters are so real that I felt I was leaving some old friends when I closed the cover the final time. What we're witnessing with Artistic License is the first work of an emerging star.
I can't wait for her next novel. Bring it on!

Promising start for a new author.......2004-11-29

Chicagoan Julie Hyzy's debut novel Artistic License is a book of a different sort, more of a slice-of-life romance than a mystery; it is nevertheless an engaging story, made especially interesting by its complex, realistic heroine, Annie Callaghan.

Annie is an artist living in Chicago, a struggling painter trying to build a career and rebuild her life after kicking out her ne'er-do-well husband. Things become even more complicated for her when she discovers that her last, ill-advised fling with her husband has resulted in an unexpected pregnancy.

Were it not for the tender relationship she forms with Sam Morgan, her new friend and employer, Annie would probably fall apart. This is especially true once the mystery of the plot unfolds. It involves her ex-husband, a shady lawyer and a missing masterpiece of art.

Hyzy's work is tentative at points and the suspense of her story is never as tightly wound as it might be, but the real draw here is the finely crafted characters and the interactions between them. This first-time author has begun her career with a promising start.

delightful fine arts mystery.......2004-02-08

In Tinsley Park, near Chicago, after almost five years of marriage to her loser of a spouse Gary, Annie Callaghan files for divorce. However, Gary persuades her to come out for lunch to talk. A few drinks later, Gary charms his way into her bedroom. Two months later, Annie is pregnant, but decides to finalize the divorce anyway.

Sam Morgan hires Annie to paint a mural on the wall of Millie's Ice Cream Parlour. Her preliminary work looks great until two young boys slop paint all over the wall. Their parents hire Annie to paint murals on the bedroom walls of their children. However, unbeknownst to Annie, that initial act of childhood vandalism has left her knowing about a stolen masterpiece, a Durer painting from the fifteenth century worth ten million dollars. Only Sam, who she now loves, tries to keep Annie safe.

Though readers will wonder why DeChristopher even allowed Annie into his home, fans will appreciate this delightful fine arts mystery. Annie is a charming soul who captures readers' hearts and, as important, their attention as she jumps from the frying pan of Gary into a fire of art theft and murder. The support cast enhances the audience's insight into the beleaguered heroine as Julie A. Hyzt provides a delightful inadvertent (on Annie's part) amateur sleuth tale.

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FISHING WITH ARTISTIC LICENSE.(Recreation)(For art's sake, Larry Stark went fishing in all 50 states): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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FISHING WITH ARTISTIC LICENSE.(Recreation)(For art's sake, Larry Stark went fishing in all 50 states): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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The skeptic meets CSI (Crime Scene Investigation): how far should artistic license go?(Critical Essay): An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)

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The skeptic meets CSI (Crime Scene Investigation): how far should artistic license go?(Critical Essay): An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)
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Artistic License Three Centuries of Good Writing and Bad Behavior
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Artistic license: Visions of literature
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