File talk:William Wilson ISHOF.jpg
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Text of agreement to allow use of this image
[edit]On Apr 18, 2006, at 10:36 AM, Bruce Wigo wrote:
To the editors of Wikipedia:
You have my permission to use the photograph of William Wilson that exists on the www.ishof.org website, provided you give attribution to the International ;Swimming Hall of Fame.
Dated: April 18,2006
Bruce Wigo President/CEO International Swimming Hall of Fame 1 Hall of Fame Dr. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 [email protected] 954-832-0187
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[email protected] wrote:
Dear Mr. Wigo:
I am one of the many volunteer editors of Wikipedia (wikipedia.org), a Web-based collaboration.
I respectfully request your permission to use this photo of William Wilson (attached) from the ISHOF website 03wwilson_small.jpg>, as Wikipedia content. The immediate use of this image would be to illustrate a topic on Wikipedia outlining William Wilson's career and contributions to swimming, water polo and life saving 2819th_Century_aquatics_pioneer%29>.
Wikipedia is multilingual open-content encyclopedia that strives for complete and reliable content. Volunteers from around the world collaboratively create content, but Wikipedia depends upon photos, such as yours, to clearly illustrate that content.
It is to that noble end that I make this request. However, for Wikipedia to use your material, you must agree to the GNU Free Documentation License (often referred to as the GNU-FDL, or GFDL). In essence, the GFDL allows you to retain the copyright and authorship of your work, but grants permission for others to use, copy, and share your materials freely, and even potentially use them commercially, so long as they do not try to claim the copyright themselves, or try to prevent others from using or copying them freely (e.g., "share-alike"). You can read the complete license at "wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text of the GFDL".
If you grant permission for use, we will credit you for your work, state that it is used with your permission, and provide a link back to your website.
I sincerely appreciate your consideration of this matter. Please advise your decision on this request by email and I will gratefully forward it to the Wikimedia Foundation.
I hope you will consider accepting this request.
Sincerely,
John Ryan
Reply to contributer
[edit]Dear Mr. Wigo:
Thank you for your prompt response to my request. I have attached both an attribution and a link to the International Swimming Hall of Fame to the photo.
The photo that you are allowing us to display is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:William_Wilson_ISHOF.jpg
The article using the photo is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilson_%2819th_Century_aquatics_pioneer%29
Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia.
John Ryan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ryanjo
- (blockquoted above by Athaenara (talk) 07:52, 20 April 2009 (UTC))
