I think that the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License permission has been acknowledged by Wiki permissions (ticket #2007102410010921). Here is the copy of my correspondence with the Leman Museum and with Wiki permissions. Electricmic ( talk) 15:33, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
COPIED EMAIL TEXT FOLLOWS
Re: [Ticket#2007102410010921] Fwd: Permission/License for Piccard & Kipfer image
from Permissions - Wikimedia Commons <permissions-commons@wikimedia.org>
to Michael Flynn <electricmic@gmail.com>,
cc "Flynn, me" <electricmic@gmail.com>,
date Oct 24, 2007 4:23 PM
subject Re: [Ticket#2007102410010921] Fwd: Permission/License for Piccard & Kipfer image
mailed-by wikimedia.org
Dear Michael Flynn,
Thank you for your mail.
"Michael Flynn" <electricmic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Wiki volunteer advisors,
> I have never uploaded an image to Wiki before but I'll figure that out
> today. First though, I think I have secured the appropriate permission from
> the image owner as detailed in the correspondence below. Please let me know
> if you agree that it is now OK to upload the image.
> Michael Flynn
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pilet Veronique <veronique.pilet@nyon.ch>
> Date: Oct 24, 2007 10:07 AM
> Subject: RE: License for Piccard & Kipfer image
> To: Michael Flynn <electricmic@gmail.com>
>
> Dear Mister Flynn,
>
> It's OK, you could use the image of Piccard and Kipfer with Wikipedia in
> using the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.We have see the details
> at the link:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, and it's OK for
> us.
> With my best regards,
>
> Véronique Pilet · Assistante conservatrice - Responsable du centre de
> documentation
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> VILLE DE NYON
> SERVICE DE LA CULTURE
> MUSÉES
> Musée du Léman · Centre de Documentation du Léman
> 8, quai Louis Bonnard · 1260 Nyon
> Tél. standard : 022 361 09 49 · Fax : 022 361 92 20
> Tél. direct : 022 361 93 87 · E-mail : veronique.pilet@nyon.ch <mailto:
> veronique.pilet@nyon.ch>
> ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Michael Flynn
[1]
> Envoyé : samedi, 20 octobre 2007 17:38
> À : Pilet Veronique
> Cc : Flynn, me
> Objet : License for Piccard & Kipfer image
>
>
> Dear Véronique Pilet,
> I sent your letter of limited permission to Wikipedia and it was
> rejected because it is too restrictive. I have researched the license
> options. The license that is closest to your stated desire, and is
> also accepted by Wikipedia, is Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 which
> allows anyone to copy and use the image if they properly credit the
> photo owner. See the details at this link:
>
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
>
> Sharing your image with the world would increase the popularity of the
> charismatic Dr. Piccard. He is my science hero. I think I would have
> liked him based on the research I did which was motivated by viewing
> your image. I imagine that he knows that he looks odd in his big
> helmet and yet, he is posing with dignity; he must have had a great
> sense of humor to match his intrepid sense of adventure.
> I am new to Wikipedia contribution and editing. I am amazed that a
> worldwide group of volunteers can produce such an extensive and
> evolving collection of knowledge and maintain such high quality. I
> think this is proof of the intrinsic goodness of human nature:
> Earnest contributors vastly outnumber and overwhelm the
> bad-intentioned, vandal-contributors to the Wikipedia project, which
> is open to absolutely anyone that wants to contribute their expertise!
> I hope you agree to share the image of Piccard and Kipfer with
> Wikipedia using the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. I have
> included for you the correspondence that I received from the
> experienced Wikipedia volunteer whom reluctantly had to reject my
> submission as too restrictive.
> Thanks for your time and consideration,
> Michael Flynn
>
>
I temporarily broke things while trying to make the angle brackets and line breaks work right in this quoted email; belatedly, I realized I could have solved this by inserting a "pre" tag, but I think I've messed with things enough already. I am chastened and humbled by the experience.
But what I REALLY want to know is: What's with the funny hats? rowley ( talk) 16:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I think that the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License permission has been acknowledged by Wiki permissions (ticket #2007102410010921). Here is the copy of my correspondence with the Leman Museum and with Wiki permissions. Electricmic ( talk) 15:33, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
COPIED EMAIL TEXT FOLLOWS
Re: [Ticket#2007102410010921] Fwd: Permission/License for Piccard & Kipfer image
from Permissions - Wikimedia Commons <permissions-commons@wikimedia.org>
to Michael Flynn <electricmic@gmail.com>,
cc "Flynn, me" <electricmic@gmail.com>,
date Oct 24, 2007 4:23 PM
subject Re: [Ticket#2007102410010921] Fwd: Permission/License for Piccard & Kipfer image
mailed-by wikimedia.org
Dear Michael Flynn,
Thank you for your mail.
"Michael Flynn" <electricmic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Wiki volunteer advisors,
> I have never uploaded an image to Wiki before but I'll figure that out
> today. First though, I think I have secured the appropriate permission from
> the image owner as detailed in the correspondence below. Please let me know
> if you agree that it is now OK to upload the image.
> Michael Flynn
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pilet Veronique <veronique.pilet@nyon.ch>
> Date: Oct 24, 2007 10:07 AM
> Subject: RE: License for Piccard & Kipfer image
> To: Michael Flynn <electricmic@gmail.com>
>
> Dear Mister Flynn,
>
> It's OK, you could use the image of Piccard and Kipfer with Wikipedia in
> using the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.We have see the details
> at the link:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, and it's OK for
> us.
> With my best regards,
>
> Véronique Pilet · Assistante conservatrice - Responsable du centre de
> documentation
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> VILLE DE NYON
> SERVICE DE LA CULTURE
> MUSÉES
> Musée du Léman · Centre de Documentation du Léman
> 8, quai Louis Bonnard · 1260 Nyon
> Tél. standard : 022 361 09 49 · Fax : 022 361 92 20
> Tél. direct : 022 361 93 87 · E-mail : veronique.pilet@nyon.ch <mailto:
> veronique.pilet@nyon.ch>
> ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Michael Flynn
[1]
> Envoyé : samedi, 20 octobre 2007 17:38
> À : Pilet Veronique
> Cc : Flynn, me
> Objet : License for Piccard & Kipfer image
>
>
> Dear Véronique Pilet,
> I sent your letter of limited permission to Wikipedia and it was
> rejected because it is too restrictive. I have researched the license
> options. The license that is closest to your stated desire, and is
> also accepted by Wikipedia, is Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 which
> allows anyone to copy and use the image if they properly credit the
> photo owner. See the details at this link:
>
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
>
> Sharing your image with the world would increase the popularity of the
> charismatic Dr. Piccard. He is my science hero. I think I would have
> liked him based on the research I did which was motivated by viewing
> your image. I imagine that he knows that he looks odd in his big
> helmet and yet, he is posing with dignity; he must have had a great
> sense of humor to match his intrepid sense of adventure.
> I am new to Wikipedia contribution and editing. I am amazed that a
> worldwide group of volunteers can produce such an extensive and
> evolving collection of knowledge and maintain such high quality. I
> think this is proof of the intrinsic goodness of human nature:
> Earnest contributors vastly outnumber and overwhelm the
> bad-intentioned, vandal-contributors to the Wikipedia project, which
> is open to absolutely anyone that wants to contribute their expertise!
> I hope you agree to share the image of Piccard and Kipfer with
> Wikipedia using the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. I have
> included for you the correspondence that I received from the
> experienced Wikipedia volunteer whom reluctantly had to reject my
> submission as too restrictive.
> Thanks for your time and consideration,
> Michael Flynn
>
>
I temporarily broke things while trying to make the angle brackets and line breaks work right in this quoted email; belatedly, I realized I could have solved this by inserting a "pre" tag, but I think I've messed with things enough already. I am chastened and humbled by the experience.
But what I REALLY want to know is: What's with the funny hats? rowley ( talk) 16:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)