Commons:Ancient Chinese characters/Richard Sears Agreement

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Sent to 'searsrichard(at)msn.com' - mer. 04/04/2007 08:37

Hello Richard,

I have been copying some images from your site http://www.internationalscientific.org/ for nearly a year, since you mailed me the authorisation to do so. The images uploaded so far are classified in the following categories:

Some images previously uploaded have been deleted, after the creation of a .svg equivalent. These equivalents (vector versions) are classified here:

My questions are:

(1) These images have been systematically placed under the GPL licence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License), can you officially confirm to Wikipedia (by sending a copy of your answer to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, cf the mailing list) that this is OK for you?

(2) When a .svg equivalent is made, do you request that some kind of acknowledgement be made to the .gif model that has been used?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

=> He answered positively, required acknowledgement for .svg pictures, and sent a copy at "'permissions-commons(at)wikimedia.etc'" on (mer. 04/04/2007 18:33).

Please note: the images themselves are in the public domain and therefore not subject to the terms of the GPL. However, the GPL does apply to the database schema and Sears's methods of organizing the images. Additionally, as Sears has gone to a great deal of trouble to convert these ancient images into GIFs and is releasing his work under a free license, we should comply with his requests as faithfully as we can. - Jredmond (talk) 17:44, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
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