File talk:William Phillips-physicist photo.jpg

License verification by Kefin Saff, copied from en:wp:

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I verified this image is public domain, since the license information at [1] is not clear:

At 06:50 PM 4/5/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello, I am a Wikipedia editor for the article on William D Phillips:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Phillips
>
>For some reason, about a year ago I was under the mistaken impression
>that the photo I added to the article (
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:William_Phillips-physicist%2C_photo.jpeg
>) qualifies as public domain, but someone pointed out this page to me:
>
>http://physics.nist.gov/News/Nobel/Photos/photos.html
>
>I would like to formally ask if Wikipedia has permission to use this
>photo, and perhaps the others for Dr. Phillips, and, if so, what
>licensing terms should be listed for this image?
>
>Thanks for your help,
>Kevin Saff

You were correct. The photo you include in the first link below is public 
domain. This photo is a studio head shot taken by a NIST employee.

 The description of the copyright on this page is not as clear as it 
should be.
http://physics.nist.gov/News/Nobel/Photos/photos.html

The photos in Dr. Phillips lab were taken by a commercial photographer 
hired by NIST. These photos are copyrighted by the photographer and a photo 
credit that reads, Copyright Robert Rathe, is required to appear with them. 
However, they can be used for free in materials that also explicitly 
mention the National Institute of Standards and Technology in accompanying 
text or a caption. These photo cannot be used as stock art -- i.e. without 
reference to NIST --without permission from the photographer and payment of 
a use fee.

Hope that clears things up. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Gail Porter

So, this is OK to use. Kevin Saff 00:11, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)