On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Dave C. wrote:
> Its a marmoset/tamarin monkey. Where's my T-shirt?
Nope, 'fraid not.
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Dominique L Bouix wrote:
> I've been trying to get my fiancee to draw up something nice for the shirt.
> I doubt ORA copyright the animals, correct? Maybe I'll have her draw an
> animal like that.
Some are copyright, I think (see below).
On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > I don't know what it is, but from the claws, I'd say it lives in trees and
> > probably hunts insects and grubs (more wild guess from its snout and
True.
> A flying fox (or a foxbat)?
Nope.
> > ears). But I can't even decide whether that thing is a primate (lemur of
> > some sort) or a rodant.
Ah, getting warmer there.
> Rodent I think
Nope, but in the 19th century this animal was mistakenly classified as
a rodent.
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Phil Pennock wrote:
> In all of the O'Reilly colophons which I've read, if the illustration
> was a creature, then it has been from a zoological reference, licensed
> for use by O'Reilly.
The 2001 O'Reilly calendar has the story of their animals. The first
ones were taken from a copyright-free collection. However, it says "Now
an increasing number of the animal images are drawn by hand." This
suggests that O'Reilly will have the copyright of the newer ones.
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ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
