Artistic license

Artistic license is a colloquial term used to denote the liberties an artist may take in the name of art - for example, if an artist decided it was more artistically "correct" to portray St. Pauls Cathedral next to the Houses of Parliament in a scene of London, even though in reality they are not close together, that would be artistic license.

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For Artistic License, a type of license used for some kinds of free software, see Artistic License. This name is a pun on the original usage.