OK, thanks. I have one more question. I have no problem offering the
proper credit; I just don't want to post a bunch of extra text by every
single image. I'd rather have a clean design, like on the Wikipedia
pages (which don't mention the University of Texas. :)
Therefore, would I be allowed to simply add the word "Credits," linked
to a page that offers all the credit information, including the names of
the individuals you cited in your e-mail, the University of Texas, etc.?
Thank you.
Josh Gerdes wrote:
Yes, you must include the proper credits, at least for
those who
modified the pictures from the public domain original. According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:U.S._county_map, those images
were created by Eric Pierce
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wapcaplet) and James D. Forrester
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jdforrester). I believe that in this
case, crediting the two authors and linking to the Wikipedia article
should be sufficient. It would also be polite, though not legally
necessary, to credit the creator of the original public domain image,
The General Libraries of The University of Texas at Austin
(
http://www.lib.utexas.edu). However, you should probably read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Users.27_rights_and_oblig…
for more details.
Josh Gerdes
[[en:User:JoshG]]
David Blomstrom wrote:
Wikipedia uses a series of location maps on
articles about the
states, like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming - the the map on
the right side of the page, just below the state flag and seal.
It sounds like I'm allowed to use these images on my website as long
as I include the proper credit. The only problem is the credits are
awfully long for images this small; I don't want to insert a big
credit on each page.
So I wanted to ask if these maps belong to Wikipedia in the first
place...or are they public domain?
Incidentally, I will be linking my pags to Wikipedia; in fact, I
already have.
Thank you.
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