Wikipedia:Successful requests for permission


 * Please see When permission is confirmed to determine how to proceed whenever you have received permission from authors to release their work under the GFDL.

Please list here whenever you have received permission from authors to release their work under the GFDL. If you want to record evidence of such permission, please send a copy of the email granting permission to "permissions-en at wikimedia dot org" where it will be permanently archived.

File:Reading High School (PA).jpg
Greetings Joel,

I'm glad that you'd like to use the image on wikipedia. I do have one condition. Is there any way I can get some photo credit? Perhaps a source link back to the original file?

www.flickr.com/photos/radargeek/2598112871/

Sincerely, Justin

Bliss (TV channel) logo
I emailed Bliss to ask for permission to use the Bliss logo for the Bliss TV article in Wikipedia and here is the reply email. (I was also sent a copy of the logo for use in the article).

Hi Sean - thanks for your email

Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you - I have been out of the office for the past week. I have no problem whatsoever with you using the Bliss logo for the Wikipedia article, hope you are enjoying the channel

Kind regards

matt

Matt Howes The Vault & Bliss Brand Manager CSC Media Group 37 Harwood Road, London SW6 4QP matt@chartshow.tv

Here is the original message which I sent to Bliss.

Hello, I am e-mailing you to ask if I can have permission to use the Bliss logo for the Wikipedia article about Bliss TV. To see this article go to wikipedia and search for bliss tv channel.

If you will kindly allow me to use the logo to put in the article, can you send me one or is there a website from which I can get it. Or even better, can you please upload it to Wikipedia.

I only want the logo for the article as Bliss and B4 are the only Chart Show Channels without a logo in their articles. I will not use the logo for anything else.

Many thanks Sean.

frollus
This is the email I received from Anthony Venn-Brown granting me permission to post his photograph on wikipedia.

Hi Kerrie

Here is my promo pic that you can use on Wikipedia. I believe that they will require permission from me to use that. I’m more than happy for you to use this pic as it appears on my website and also has been used with various media articles

mulcahey007
This is the email I recieved from Aaron Harber granting me permission to post his bio and images on wikipedia.

Dear John,

Thank you for your request to publish or otherwise post the narrative biography you discussed with us.

You may use this letter as confirmation you have been granted permission for such use.

Sincerely yours,

Aaron Harber, On-Air Host & Executive Producer "The Aaron Harber Show" TM and "Blind Justice" TM www.HarberTV.com www.BJPBS.com  e-mail: Aaron@HarberTV.com

Columnist, Denver Daily News and The Colorado Statesman

Direct: (303) 666-6161   Cell:  (303) 718-3399 KBDI-TV -- Channel 12 COLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION Station/Studio: 2900 Welton Street, Denver, CO 80205 Mail: 2500 North 119th Street, Lafayette, CO 80026-9216

Lackadaisy
Picture of low resolution from the webcomic can be used under gfdl including Image:Lacadaisy_1.jpg. From: Tracy Butler  Date: Jun 4, 2007 2:20 PM Subject: Re: Request a formal To: Esurnir 

Esurnir, Thank you for writing. I very much appreciate Wikipedia's fastidiousness regarding copyright law. Having read through the materials you provided, I consider the GFDL acceptable for low resolution images taken from the Lackadaisy web site (www.lackadaisycats.com) for use in the Lackadaisy Wikipedia article. This includes the image already in use here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lacadaisy_1.jpg Best regards, Tracy Butler tracy@foxprints.com

Road2Argentina
I work for Road2Argentina and the founder of the organization gave me permission to use the logo.

My name is Sebastian Cadenas, the founder of Road2Argentina and i had autoriced Tristan Harris to use our logo. Please dont hestiate contact me if you have any concern.

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
I have contact Dennis Doyle, webmaster for the entire site and he has given me permission to use the any of the information on that site on my wikipedia entry, given that I make an external link to the site so that others can see it in its official form.

infiernorojo.com
I was given permission to use their photos

Car photos from Garage De l'Est
A large amount of mainly classic car photos can be found here:

A request made to the owner of the website, asking if the photos from this page could be used in wikipedia articles in multiple languages, possibly requiring some photos to be edited, resulted in the following positive response from Hans Stedehouder from Garage De l'Est. The original Dutch response:

Goede avond. Ga gerust uw gang. Onze website is mede bedoeld om autoliefhebbers te laten 'meegenieten' van al dat moois. Veel succes.

Translation in English: Good evening. Go right ahead. Our website is partially aimed at letting other car enthusiasts enjoy all this beauty. Best of luck.

Further, he has agreed to the use of the Creative Commons 2.5 license for these photos.

The Coming Technological Singularity
This article was deleted from WikiSource because it was originally distributed under a non-GFDL compatible license which expressly forbade commercial use.

I contacted the author, Vernor Vinge, regarding changing the license on this document to one which is hopefully compatible with the GFDL. He changed it to the following:

Verbatim copying/translation and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.

The author CC'd permissions@wikimedia.org in the e-mail in which he informed me of this change, as well as changed the license in the official copy he maintains (linked in the e-mail he sent)

Methvin and Methven geneology
I was granted permission to use any materials from Methvin and Methven geneology. This includes biographical info on some notable people. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 16:57, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

Details: Successful requests for permission/Methvin and Methven geneology

KurzeweilAI.net graphs
Requested for the use of their photo of Ray Kurzweil and several graphs from and related for use in the technological singularity and related article. Recieved permission as long as source and creator is given, so Creative Commons tag is used. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 13:47, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Sam's Exotic Travels
I was granted permission to use any of the images from Sam's Exotic Travels under the terms of the GFDL. There are some terrific images here. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 13:58, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Details: Successful requests for permission/Sam's Exotic Travels

Just a few examples:

The Vepachedu Educational Foundation
The president and CEO of the Vepachedu Educational Foundation is named Sreenivasarao Vepachedu, PhD, JD, LLM. I e-mailed him, asking for permission to use text from The Vepachedu Foundation on Wikipedia. (The site has lots of good info on Indian history, etc.) He authorized us to use all text under the GFDL. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 13:58, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Details: Successful requests for permission/The Vepachedu Educational Foundation

Silverpit crater
Earlier this year I wrote to Phil Allen, co-discoverer of the crater, with an e-mail based on Boilerplate request for permission, asking for his permission to release Image:Silverpit crater seismic map.jpg under the GFDL. He gave his permission, and very kindly also provided Image:Silverpit northwest perspective.jpg to be released under the GFDL, and made some helpful suggestions regarding the article's content as well. Worldtraveller 12:19, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

2003 UB313
I contacted Michael Brown a couple of days ago, again based on Boilerplate request for permission, asking for his permission to release Image:Animation showing movement of 2003 UB313.gif and Image:2003 UB313 near-infrared spectrum.gif, which he gave. Two requests, both granted, so Informal (images) has a 100% success rate for me. Worldtraveller 12:19, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

In My Garden
I asked Susan Sweeney (the copyright owner) if we could use the photos on In My Garden on Wikipedia. She said we could use all we want, so long as we don't give permission for anyone else to use them. I explained to her that we couldn't use the photos unless they were licensed under the GFDL, and I explained to her what that meant. She said "GFDL is not quite what I want but I want to support Wikipedia, so I'll live with it." There are lots of great images here. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 13:58, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Sonia Lee Kahn, Philippe Kahn & Fullpower
I requested permission to create a bio on Sonia Lee Kahn, Philippe Kahn & Fullpower, his 4th successful company. The Kahn's are innovation & business icon's throughout the central coast, ca communities and in the wireless industry around the world. Prior to interviewing with the company I found research vague and somewhat inaccurate. I only knew that because of confirmation of facts with employees of their former company. Once hired I requested permission from both Philippe and Sonia to be able to create Wiki articles on both of them and the company. They agreed and authorized the content as accurate. I will post their email confirmations and a contact email for verification purposes. Athena :) 19:16, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Pls see email chain:

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:08 Sonia Lee Kahn

Yes, you have my permission.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:36 Hi there, I have had increasing difficulty this last month trying to get the Wikipedia articles posted and kept on Wikipedia the way I created it. It has been a constant battle. They keep getting tagged as either copyright violation or that they are not from a ‘neutral point of view’.

I sent each of you an email requesting your permission to copy the info as I had it. I have to post your permission to keep this from happening, or hopefully keep this from happening. Please respond to the request and I will try to re-post the articles as you approved.

Thank you,

Athena

Reginald Bamford
Received GFDL permission to use a biographical profile and photograph of Reginald Bamford. The image is at Image:RegBamford.JPG. The works had previously been posted as copyvios by someone else, but permission is now secure.

Details: Successful requests for permission/Reginald Bamford

--Superm401 | Talk 13:28, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Stade de Roland Garros
Received permission from copyright holder Jordan Denhoed to use the image Image:Roland garros.jpg under Attribution. -Aabha (talk) 07:20, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Details: Successful requests for permission/Stade de Roland Garros

www.colin99.co.uk & www.video99.co.uk
Granted, see Image talk:Vr2020.jpg for GFDL --Admrb♉ltz (T | C) 18:44, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Photos from http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/
All those photos, currently under fair use / permission, can be upgraded to CC. More details on Polish version of this page, if more info is needed.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Chetwynd, BC
The District of Chetwynd has permitted its street map used in the Hello North tourist brochure to be used on Wikipedia under GFDL.

Details: Successful requests for permission/Chetwynd, BC

--maclean 25 01:32, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Permission From Stand Up Sit Down
I was given permission from Stand Up Sit Down to use text from their website. Kukev31 : 9 April 2006

Permission from Ohno zone
Noelle Neu, co-webmaster of Ohno zone, licensed Image:Saguenay 500m.jpg under the GFDL. Andjam 12:10, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Permission from Marley Company
I found a small photograph of an industrial wet cooling tower on the website of the Marley Company (who engineer, design and construct such cooling towers) at http://www.marleyct.com/wet/. I wanted to use that photo in Cooling towers and so I wrote the webmaster and asked for permission to do so. He sent me an email and granted me permission.

I then sent him another email, using information from Boilerplate request for permission, and asked him to grant me permission under the terms of a GNU Free Documentation License (often referred to as the GNU-FDL, or GFDL) and explained to him, in detail, what that meant. I also told him where he could read the complete text of the GFDL. I then asked him to review it with his management and have someone in his management grant me permission under GFDL. I have just received such permission from Don Lillig, the Manager of Marketing Communications and Design, SPX Cooling Technologies (who are the parent company owning the Marley brand cooling towers). I will email a copy of all the foregoing emails to permissions at wikimedia dot org. - mbeychok 23:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Permission from Lubos Bena / World Resophonic Association
I sent an email to Lubos Bena, President of the World Resophonic Association, based on Boilerplate_request_for_permission, asking for permission to use two images from his personal website depicting two varieties of slide guitar technique (Image:Fingandslide.jpg and Image:Lapstyle.jpg). He responded very quickly and rather kindly gave permission to use any images and info from http://www.lubosbena.sk/ and info from http://www.resophonic-association.com/.

Since the boilerplate request explains the GFDL and the reply didn't specify any particular terms, I'm using the GFDL tag.

Details: /Lubos Bena

Hairy Dude 23:26, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Permission from Iranpix.com, Michael and Hushie Inc. etc.
Permissions were granted by the owners in the form of the Creative Commons license, for the following pictures, and the emails were forwarded to permissions@wikimedia.org,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nnbritish.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Afghanisjews.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Persian_local_woman.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Afghanisjews.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tochal_Mountain.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Persepolis_-_The_Sculptures_3.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Abce.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Faraavahaar.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rukh.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Persepolis_-_The_Gate_of_Xerxes.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Persian-_Ancient_Texts.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Persepolis_Columns.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Naghsh-e_Rostam_2.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:02-01-13-x-0094-iran-tehran-tochal-ski-skiing-0640.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:01-08-14-6581-iran-tehran-azadi-shahyad-0640.jpg. Thank youZmmz 23:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Emergency Contraception
A preliminary paper by David Paton called "Random Behavior or Rational Choice? Family Planning, Teenage Pregnancy, and STIs" was cited and the PDF linked to in the article Emergency Contraception. However, there was a warning at the top of the page saying that the paper could not be cited without permission. I requested and was granted not only permission to cite the paper, but I was also given the full citation to the final paper due out August 2006. For the text of our correpsondence, please see Successful requests for permission/David Paton citation.--Andrew c 20:20, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Budgerigar image
I received the following permission to use the image Budgerigar_Dabb.jpg. Boilerplate text was used to request permission, and all the text was quoted back. The most relevant bits of my text are preserved below, in addition to the entirety of the copyright holder's response. Complete text was forwarded to permissions at wikimedia dot org.

Hi COG is happy for you to use the Budgerigar image free of charge. We require you to acknowledge the photographer. Thankyou Tom Green > I am specifically seeking your permission to use this image: > http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/images/Budgerigar_Dabb.jpg > > Normally we ask permission for material to be used under the terms of the > GNU Free Documentation License. This means that although you retain the > copyright and authorship of your own work, you are granting permission > for all others (not just Wikipedia) 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, nor prevent others > from using or copying them freely. > > This license expressly protects creators from being considered > responsible for modifications made by others, while ensuring that > creators are credited for their work. There is more information on our > copyright policy at: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights > > This may or may not be  > compatible with your goals in creating the materials available on your > website. Please be assured that if permission is not granted, your > materials will not be used at Wikipedia -- we have a very strict policy > against copyright violations. > > With your permission, we will credit you for your work in the image's  > permanent description page, noting that it is your work and is used with > your permission, and we will provide a link back to your website.

--Ginkgo100 01:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

CUA & The K of C
I recieved permission from Dr. Edward M. Sullivan, PSD, to use the relevant portions of the history he wrote of the DC Knights of Columbus for the article CUA & The K of C. The relevant portions of the e-mail granting permission are below, and the whole text was sent to permissions@wikimedia.org.

Brian: Sorry for the delay in getting the attached to you. They are: (1) the complete chronological history (HISTORY.RTF), and (2) the abstracted sections dealing with CUA, plus sections that might be of interest to the CUA Council, that I pulled out several years ago (CUAHIST.RTF),. This should provide some grist for your project. The first document provides some context for the second, but the second contains nothing not in the first. The longer document makes it possible to do key word searches for other items of interest. ...

Happy Easter to you and yours!

-ed. s.

Briancua 21:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

History of The Catholic University of America
I received permission from each of the 3 authors, Emily Broe, Trevor Mountcastle and Tizah O'Beirne, who complied this history to post it on Wikipedia. The relevant portions of the e-mail granting permission are below, and the whole text was sent to permissions@wikimedia.org.

Hi Brian,

It's perfectly OK if you use these articles. I think it's great that you are doing a wikipedia entry for Catholic University. ...

Best, Emily (Broe) Gibson '04

yeah sure. ...

-tirzah

Hey Brian, ... To answer your question, yes are fine to use my text ...

-Trevor

Jo Kittinger
I was granted permissions to reproduce content from http://www.jokittinger.com/home.php by the author Jo Kittinger. email will be forwarded to wikimedia. Equendil Talk 23:56, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Bill Ritter (politician)
I received permission to use the image Image:Bill ritter.jpg from the Ritter campaign website in the article. Forwarded to permissions at wikimedia dot org.

Image:Washboarding with Jeep.jpg
Permission received from author to release under GFDL - copy of email sent to permissions at wikimedia dot org. - SCEhard T 16:34, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Image:FADOF_Hedin.jpg
I recieved permission to release Image:FADOF_Hedin.jpg under the GFDL from Jonas Hedin by email. The emails were mailed to permissions at wikimedia dot org. You may also ask me for a copy if you like. -- Rmrfstar 02:50, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Images from www.HisXpress.com

 * From: "HisXpress" 
 * To: [Deleted for privacy], permissions@wikimedia.org
 * Subject: Re: Model photos
 * Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:13:34 -0400


 * Dear Mr. [Privacy],


 * New Millennium Video, owner of the website www.HisXpress.com, expressly grants a license for free use under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) for all images to be found at that site, to Wikipedia, a multilingual project.


 * Sincerely,


 * Arthur Workman
 * Co-Owner, New Millennium Video

Comment: His return e-mail address is broken. The address I used to contact him was 

 &mdash;Chidom  talk   06:28, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

'''NOTE - OTRS feels this is not a valid permission (see this). Please do not reference this permission for a GFDL license for images from the above site.''' Videmus Omnia Talk  13:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Handcart images from Norman Bosworth
I received permission from Norman Bosworth, the copyright owner, to use handcart photographs from his page On Assignment, under the GNU Free Documentation License. I have forwarded his email to the permissions email address. BRMo 04:28, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Images and Informaion from Drs. Sidra and Hal Stone
I received permission from Hal and Sidra Stone, the copyright owners, to use images and information from their website. I have forwarded his email to the permissions email address. Thank you. Cate108 01:04, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Images of SUNY Potsdam by Matthew Keller
Matthew Keller has taken several photographs of the SUNY Potsdam campus on his site [], and he has given me full permission to utilize his work for WikiMedia purposes. I forwarded the e-mail to permissions. Jondude11 23:01, 12 August 2006 (EST)

Images related to Roy Moore from Re-taking America
I received permission from Kelly McGinley, the copyright owner, to use two images (Image:Moore monument.jpg and Image:Moore plaque.jpg) relating to Roy Moore under the GNU Free Documentation License. The images come from her website, Re-Taking America. I have forwarded her email to the permissions email address. -- H·G (words/works) 03:40, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Similar permission has been granted and logged in regards to Image:Moore rally.jpg. -- H·G (words/works) 21:30, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Images of the Bewcastle Cross
I e-mailed the administrator to ask "permission to reproduce the images found on your website http://www.bewcastle.com/: cross-3.jpg and cross-4.jpg, of the Bewcastle Cross, in an article on Wikipedia". This is the reply I received:


 * You are very welcome. A link back to www.bewcastle.com would be appreciated.


 * regards


 * Andy Norris
 * admin@bewcastle.com

Eixo 11:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I was made aware that I had omitted explaining the terms of the GFDL licence. After writing back about this, I received the reply:


 * You are still very welcome to use them


 * regards


 * Andy Norris

Eixo 14:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Images related to Tatiana Proskouriakoff
I e-mailed Ms. Char Solomon (biographer of $SUBJECT) asking permission to release a photograph (of her choice) of T Proskouriakoff from her website under GFDL for use in a Wikipedia article. She granted permission in a response. Am forwarding the correspondence to permissions AT wikimedia DOT org. The photograph will be at Image:Charsolomon_TProskouriakoff.jpg. It will currently be used in Tatiana Proskouriakoff.

Sdsouza 07:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Image:K-FADOF-spectrum.jpg
I received permission to release Image:K-FADOF-spectrum.jpg under the GFDL from Jonathan Friedman by email. The emails were mailed to permissions at wikimedia dot org. You may also ask me for a copy if you like. -- Rmrfstar 13:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Four Olmec photos from DeLange.org
I received permission to use four photos from DeLange.org:


 * La Venta Stele 19 (http://www.delange.org/ArchMuseum3/ArchMuseum3.htm)


 * Olmec "The Wrestler",(http://www.delange.org/ArchMuseum3/ArchMuseum3.htm)


 * The twins &/or jaguars photos from Jalapa, (http://www.delange.org/Jalapa/Jalapa.htm)

Audrey DeLange wrote:
 * That's just fine, Craig. Just download the ones you need for Wikipedia.  Have a great day.  Best Regards, Audrey

The complete email was sent to permissions at wikimedia dot org. Madman 17:06, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Images of Tanjong Pagar railway station
I found some images of the Tanjong Pagar railway station at. I have email the owner of the website and he wrote: "Hey Joshua, you are more than welcomed to use my photos. As long i know where it will be used and also proper credits has been given. Jason" The complete email was sent to permissions at wikimedia dot org. Joshua Chiew 13:21, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Aquabells Images and Information
I found the website doing research an article on Fluid Loaded Equipment and contacted Linda Silverman (VP) and requested permission to use and refer to text on their site and receive photos from them. I recieved permission and photos via e-mail reply from Ron Silverman (President): On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:58, 'linda silverman' sent: Hi Mike, Looks like it's a go ahead for the Wikipedia. Thanks, keep in touch. Best Regards, Ron attachements: AquaBells.jpg, AquaBells Dumbells.jpg

My request and the response was sent to permissions at wikimedia dot org.

Images of Tony Jaa
In a quest for free-use images to illustrate the article on Tony Jaa, I found some on Flickr and asked the account holder for permission to use two of her images, and. She replied:


 * Yes, you can use my photos! Just credit me as "Becca Dorstek" - I don't get paid for my photography so I at least want the recognition. :)

Of course, the full correspondence will be copied to wikimedia dot org. -Wisekwai 14:40, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Some Comics Images
I have recieved permission to use several comics images on Wikipedia under the GFDL. I recieved the permission through e-mails from the respective comics creators. I will forward those e-mails on to "permissions at wikimedia dot org." The images are:, ,. ,, and. -- Dragonfiend 23:04, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Bradley Joseph
Permission granted to use, email on file. Cricket02 05:14, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Martin Lewis
I received permission from the webmaster of www.martinlewis.com to use the image of Martin Lewis on this article which originated from the media page of the website. The website owns the copyright in the image and granted permission in accordance with my request. The webmaster requested that the photograph be credited. I have forwarded his email to the permissions email address. 23skidoo 14:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Belhaven College
Permission granted to use by email to webmaster@uci.edu. Forwarded to wikimedia.org. Evil saltine 21:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Gallium(III) arsenide
Permission granted to use via request on thir website using an email template.

Maiko Obi
Red Sun Imports granted permission to use thei[[r maiko image.

Tom Willmore
Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach grant permission to use this image under the GNU Free Documentation License.

George Ştefănescu
This wasn't exactly a request for permission, more a clarification that a person who already granted permission was in a position to do so. commons:User:Radustefanescugross uploaded numerous images of George Ştefănescu's paintings (on Commons) and marked them with commons:template:Bild-CC-by-sa/2.0/de. I corresponded with him to verify how he was in the position to grant that license. The answer is that he is Ştefănescu's son, and he is exactly the person who handles permissions for exhibition catalogues, etc. So this should be OK: we are on exactly the same footing as an exhibition catalogue for an exhibition of Ştefănescu's work. - Jmabel | Talk 19:19, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

San Joaquin (soil)
The Professional Soil Scientists Association of California (PSSAC) has granted permission for use of materials at http://pssac.org in San Joaquin (soil) under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. Permission was conveyed November 17 2006 by Mary Reed, Executive Secretary. A copy of my request and PSSAC's response has been sent to to "permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org" where it will be permanently archived. PSSAC will be credited for their work in the resulting article's references section by stating that it was based on PSSAC's work and is used with PSSAC's permission, and by providing a web link back to: The Professional Soil Scientists Association of California (PSSAC). -- Paleorthid 15:10, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[[Image:Mark_Fuhrman_May_2006_LisaN.JPG]]
I received permission from the person who took the picture Mark Fuhrman May 2006 LisaN.JPG Lisa Nichols Sunnytwoyou

MacHeist
I received permission from artist Adam Betts, for use of his logo on the MacHeist page. --Adamwilcox 20:36, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Maserati MC12
I got permission to use Image:MC12 blue.JPG from it's author Mark Cumming. He agreed to license it under GNU. James086Talk 14:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Cowboy Who?
The producer of the show, Jeff Green, in response to an emailed request, sent a number of images to me for the article. He subsequently released them under the GFDL in response to my inquiry as to whether they could be released under a free license. Email exchange is on file with "permissions-en at wikimedia dot org". -- Phelonius Friar 03:41, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Erik Brødreskift
Received a permission from Osmose Productions to use an image of Erik under GFDL to illustrate the article about said person. E-mails confirming this will be sent to Wikipedia. Tritec 20:32, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Permission to use Tigerlily Suite Image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tigerliliysuite2.gif) from Suz Andreasen
Archie,

You have mine and Bernard's release to use the image on Wikipedia. Thanks, Suz Andreasen www.suzandreasen.com  suzandreasen@gmail.com

On 2/23/07, Archie Martin  wrote: Dear Ms. Andreasen and Mr. Andreasen: I am one of the many volunteer editors of Wikipedia (wikipedia.org  ), a Web-based collaboration.

I respectfully request your permission to use your excellent Photograph of Tigerlily Suite as Wikipedia content. Wikipedia is a multilingual open-content encyclopedia that strives for complete and reliable content. Volunteers from around the world collaboratively create content, but Wikipedia depends upon art 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, and 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 of this request email and I will gratefully forward it to the Wikimedia Foundation.

Thank you, and I hope you will consider accepting this request.

Sincerely, Archie Martin

Source material published by Himalayan Academy Publications
Himalayan Academy Publications gives permission to User:Himalayan_Academy_Publications to upload copyrighted material from its books and magazines, which then becomes automatically licensed under GFDL. The email sent to Wikimedia can be seen here. Himalayan Academy Publications 20:35, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Himalayan Academy Publications gives permission to User:Anantashakti to upload copyrighted material from its books and magazines, which then becomes automatically licensed under GFDL. The email sent to Wikimedia can be seen here. Himalayan Academy Publications 19:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

All Things Plants
I (User:Quadell) was granted permission to use any of the many images here under the terms of the GFDL: http://allthingsplants.com/plants/browse/user/images/dave/

There are some terrific images of plants here. After my request, here was his response:

Michael,

You hereby have permission to use any photo uploaded to ATP under my own username, and license them under the GFDL.

You can see the list here:

http://allthingsplants.com/plants/browse/user/images/dave/

Credit and a link is appreciated.

best, dave

Image:BFHS Statue 2006.jpg
I requested permission to release the image on this page: under the GFDL from Flickr user nseltze. The reply:

Re: Ben Franklin Statue Picture on Wikipedia

I own the copyright to the image mentioned in your email letter and found at www.flickr.com/photos/nseltze/86598499/

I grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, no Back-Cover Texts, and subject to disclaimers found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GFDL

-nseltze

Request and reply were mailed to permissions at wikimedia dot org and the image has been uploaded here: Image:BFHS_Statue_2006.jpg. --Jh12 01:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmm. Rights to the picture, sure... but what about the rights of the statue sculptor/artist?  Would the use of this picture require a fair use claim?   Jenolen    speak it!  01:55, 11 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I guess a fair use tag could be added, but does the fact that the statue was commissioned in 1844 and finished around 1869 make a difference? . And does that mean that the image here: Image:Benjamin Franklin Memorial.jpg is in the public domain, but should contain a fair use claim because the photographer didn't own copyright to the statue itself?  Anyway, would  be the right template to use? --Jh12 13:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

San tribe pictures
The Documentary Educational Resources has give permission to use the photos of the san tribe provided I credit them with a link to their website or profile on flickr. Muntuwandi 23:33, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

www.sonalikulkarni.org
The webmaster of Sonali Kulkarni's official website, www.sonalikulkarni.org, has granted permission to use photos from the website under the GFDL, provided credit is given and a link to the website is provided. --Muchness 15:32, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Permission from Lisa Furukawa
Lisa Furukawa has granted permission to use photos from her official website www.lisa-ray.net under the GFDL. --Muchness 18:40, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Permission for www.fat-wally.com
I have received mail permission to use any picture available in www.fat-wally.com without restrictions. Jack1968ES 22:28, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Permission for picture of SS Royal William on a stamp
Don Slaughter of http://www.execulink.com/~donslau/USA.html has agreed to release the photograph http://www.cdncovers.com/758sswill.jpg under the GFDL. I've sent the release e-mail to Wikimedia. Sancho (talk) 20:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Permission for use of Image:20030826-NMR.Night-Christopher.McGuire.jpg
I received verbal permission from the author of the image 20030826-NMR.Night-Christopher.McGuire.jpg to use it under the GFDL via telephone on April 7th, 2007. Email verification of the permission for the use of this image can be made if deemed necessary. 156ableitem 19:28, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Permission for use of Ethan_Nadelmann.jpg
I received permission to use via email under GFDL. I'm sending the email to be archived right now.

Permission received for use of 2 Freston Tower images
Image:Freston_tower.jpg, and Image:Freston_tower_2.jpg released under GFDL via e-mail. The e-mail has been forwarded to the archive. Sancho 16:07, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Declaration image is in public domain for Saint Faustyna Kowalska
I received email from a copyright administrator for an organization holding copyrights for Saint Faustyna Kowalska media stating the particular image I have selected in in the public domain. The email has been forwarded. patsw 02:25, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Permission to use photo from Papua New guinea
I received an email from the copyright holder of this photo. I have forwarded the email to OTRS.Muntuwandi 14:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Permission to use information about WFEA
I have been given permission by Man from Mars Productions to use information from their web site.Vchimpanzee 16:49, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Seesun.jpg
Paul Durham, owner of the copyright of this image file, has released it under the terms of GFDL 1.2. this image is used in the Black Lab article. E-mails are being forwarded to permissions-en@wikipedia.org. Chubbles 17:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Permission to use information from http://www.xs4all.nl/~tozu/
I have been given permission by Tom Zuijdwegt to use information from their web site. --Maurice27 21:58, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Permission for the picture Image:Davidlbazelon.jpg
I have been given permission from copyright uploader, the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, releasing this image on GFDL. The original image is on http://www.bazelon.org/about/judgebazelon.htm I have sent the permission to OTRS email. WooyiTalk to me? 01:40, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Permission for the picture Image:Ms_sf_2.jpg
The owner of Image:Ms_sf_2.jpg, Marcus Sharpe, gave permission in 2004 under the terms of the GNU FDL, as detailed on the image page. I have forwarded copies of the correspondence to the Wikimedia permissions address.

-- Dominus 15:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Permission for Theresa Sparks photograph
The owner of this image has released it under GFDL. Information has been forwarded to OTRS. 70.226.161.61 15:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Permission to use [[Image:crane_windlass_external_lewis]]
Tempus Publishing granted permission to use this image as long as author, title and publisher were acknowledged in the article Lewis (Lifting appliance). I forwarded relevant correspondence to Wikimedia permissions Cathetus 11:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Missouri Military Academy
MMA's Director of Information and Publications has granted permission to use text from the Academy's website on the Wikipedia article in accordance with GNU Free Documentation License. I have archived the correspondence per policy via permissions-en at wikipedia dot org. DavidOaks 19:23, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Permission to use images from bunglefever.com
Sites webmaster has granted permission to use images from www.bunglefever.com on Wikipedia in accordance with GNU Free Documentation License. Emails have been sent to permissions-en at wikipedia dot org for archive.Mr Bungle 05:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Permission to use images from http://photography.mojado.com/
Sites webmaster Denis Mojado has granted permission to use the photos uploaded by User:JoJan under the cc-by-2.0 licence. There were no future uploads since for these the license was cc-by-nd-2.0. An email has been sent to permissions-en at wikipedia dot org for archiving. JoJan 08:05, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Permission to use image from Ruud Leeuw
- Original Message - From: Bill Zuk To: webmaster@ruudleeuw.com Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:31 PM Subject: Photo in the Alberta Aviation Hall of Fame Museum

Dear Mr. Leeuw, On the request of an editor of Wikipedia, the following image: was temporarily placed into the following Wikipedia article:?

I found the image on your website and misread your disclaimer until the aforementioned editor pointed out that copyright privileges for the image must be obtained. My apologies for using your image without asking. Would you be able to provide this image for use in Wikipedia as a "public domain" image?

Bill ... in my other life, a meek and mild? librarian... Zuk Reply: Hello Bill, I quite endorse Wikipedia and frequently make use of the information provided. So I have no hesitation to grant permission herewith. If there such a thing like a credit, plse use Credit: Ruud Leeuw. Best regards, Ruud Leeuw, Netherlands. Is this sufficient for the release of the photo as a public domain image? Yours, Bzuk 03:27, 23 June 2007 (UTC).

Permission from kamat.com
This is the reply given for use of pics in the site used.

You are welcome to use our images. However, the copyrights are not relinquished. You must provide credit and link to: www.kamat.com

If you cannot credit, you may not use them. I support Wikipedia, but credit is necessary for you to use them.

sincerely, -Vikas Kamat

Can this mean i can use it as fair use under the template template?? Sadashiv n 16:55, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

the everybodyfields
I recieved permission from David Butler to use his photo of The Everybodyfields by a request for permission via email.

He said: I own the copyright to the images mentioned in your email letter and found at http://www.http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2435836110078693903oEFDQR. I grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. David Butler

Donkeyshins

Permission to use Peregrine Falcon Jet image
I contacted the author who gave me permission to use the photo as a public domain photograph. He sent back: I hereby assert that I am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of WORK http://image.rcuniverse.com/forum/upfiles/29774/vt56337.jpg I agree to publish that work under the free license PD-SELF. I acknowledge that I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product, and to modify it according to their needs. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me. I am aware that the free license only concerns copyright, and I reserve the option to take action against anyone who uses this work in a libelous way, or in violation of personality rights, trademark restrictions, etc. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the image may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. July 6, 2007, Duncan N. Stone Yours truly, Bzuk 18:24, 7 July 2007 (UTC).

Licensing of SourceForts screenshots on Wikipedia
From: Taylor Stieff [mailto:#########@#####.com] Sent: 13 July 2007 18:51 To: Greg ##### Subject: Re: Fair use rationale for SourceForts screenshots on Wikipedia

Hey Greg, thanks for addressing us. I have posted a thread on our forums (http://www.sourcefortsmod.com/boards/showthread.php?p=125931#post125931) which details the fair use policy for all of the images located on our screenshots page. This includes the ones listed on our Wikipedia article. I hope this sorts the problem.

Thanks, Taylor Stieff Taylor Stieff (Stieffers) is head developer of SourceForts. All SourceForts screenshots are now tagged with GFDL as per this forum post in this thread by Taylor. See Talk:SourceForts for more information. A copy of the email conversation that led to this permission being given is available on request from permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 20:32, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Benjamin-percy.gif
I wrote to Benjamin Percy, American author, asking him who holds the copyright of the image of him on his website. He said he does, and when asked if he would allow it to be published into the public domain, he agreed, saying that "yes of course you have my permission." Letter has been forwarded to permissions at wikimedia dot org.

1971 war picture
I wrote to Mr. Usman Shabbir, the copyright holder of Image:Sulemanki.jpg, and he has granted permisson to publish it on Wikipedia under the GFDL lisence. Letter has been forwarded to permissions at wikimedia dot org. Zaindy87 07:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The image seems to be a scanned copy from a news paper. Does PakDef.info itself own copyright? I hardly think that a seemingly war picture, taken presumably by military personnel, would be copyrighted by a private photographer. Therefore, any such "permission email" from the website owners won't count as proof of permission. Please clarify this. --Ragib 08:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Mr. Shabbir has been a military photographer with the Pakistan Army during the 1965 and 1971 wars. This picture is indeed scanned, but he took the photograph and owns the copyright of the picture. He has taken several other famous war pictures. You can view his work and other war pictures on the link I provided in the picture summary. You may also check the copyright status of the image at that link. Zaindy87 09:14, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Simon Neil
Wrote to the copyright holder of Image:Simon neil.jpg, and she granted permission to publish it under the GFDL Free Documentation license. Email forwarded to permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org. Daisy-berkowitz 21:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Visual Art Institute logo
I emailed Visual Art Institute to ask for permission to use their logo for the Visual Art Institute article on Wikipedia and here is the email.

Spence

Sorry it has taken so long, to reply. I have been busy. I would be happy to let you use VAI’s logo for the Wikipedia article.

Thanks

Bruce

Bruce Robertson Director Visual Art Institute 1838 South 1500 East Salt lake City, UT 84105 visual.art.institute@gmail.com

Here is the original message which I sent to VAI:

Hi, I am e-mailing you to ask if I can have permission to use Visual Art Institute’s logo for an Wikipedia article I am doing about the school. It will only be used for the article on Wikipedia.

If it is possible for me to use, please send me a jpg of the logo.

The logo will not be used for anything else.

Thanks, Spence