You're probably wondering why this game is called
Iagno instead of Othello or
even gnothello.  The answer is complicated, and involves
things like trademarks and lawyers and whatnot.
Instead of leaving
it at that, I'll tell you a long and complicated lie about
the origin of the name Iagno.
On a stormy night, like those depicted so much in England,
a lonely programmer was sitting in front of his computer
screen.  Ian had finished his masterpiece in gaming.  It
was a fully interactive game of Othello and he decided
to play a pun with the name and called it gnothello for
the game was written using GNOME.
Later his buddies came over and like all programmers he
showed off his masterpiece.  They all laughed in his face
and told Ian that his game was worthless and a pitiful
attempt to be a true hacker.  After Ian kicked them out
he decided to rename his program Iago
Iago is Othello's nemesis in the play Othello
by William Shakespeare.
for the evil which
had manifested itself due to his game.  Yet it still
didn't sound right.  All GNOME programs have some part
of GNOME in it, Ian thought.  After much thought he decided
on the name we have come to cherish, Iagno
.
