Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:58:47 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Re: Request for permission to use images from njegos.org
From: "Aleksandar Rakovic"
To: "Nikola Smolenski"
Dear Mr Smolenski,
You may use material from my website Njegos.org.
Kindest regards,
Aleksandar Rakovic
Historian
> Dear Mr. Rakovic,
>
> I am an editor of the Wikipedia (wikipedia.org), a multilingual project to
> create a complete, accurate, and open-content encyclopedia. Volunteers
> from
> around the world collaboratively edit Wikipedia, which is one of many
> projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation (wikimediafoundation.org).
> We
> depend on multimedia to clearly illustrate our articles.
>
> I enjoyed excellent images, music and texts at your website (njegos.org).
> However, we can only use your material if you are willing to grant
> permission
> for it to be used under terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
> (GNU-FDL,
> or GFDL for short). This means that although you retain the copyright and
> authorship of your own work, you are granting 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 this license in full at
> wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text of the GFDL . Please do note that your
> contributions may not remain intact as submitted; this license, as well as
> the collaborative nature of our project, also entitles others to edit,
> alter,
> and update them at will, i.e., to keep up with new information, or suit
> the
> text to a different purpose. However, the license also expressly protects
> authors "from being considered responsible for modifications made by
> others."
>
> If you do agree to grant permission for use, we will credit you for your
> work,
> stating it was based on your work and is used with your permission, and by
> providing a link back to your website.
>
> I hope you will consider accepting our request.
>
> Warmest regards,
> Nikola Smolenski
>