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Michael Shermer, cycling enthusiast.
Source: private email corrrespondence.

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Permission has been granted by the copyright owner of the photo (who is also the subject of the image), as per these emails:

From:    "David Tribble"
To:      "Michael Shermer"
Subject: [skeptic] Wikipedia photo
Date:    Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:17:25 -0600

I'd like to upload a promo photo of you (Michael) to Wikipedia, on the bio page
they have for you:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shermer

However, I need "fair use" permission to do this, or explicit permission
from the owner of the photo (which I assume is you).

I've cropped the headshot in your latest newsletter (09/14/2006),
    http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/06-09-14images/michael_shermer2.jpg
but I can use a different image if you prefer.

Thanks.

From:    "Dr Michael Shermer"
To:      "David Tribble"
Subject: Re: Fwd: [skeptic] Wikipedia photo
Date:    Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:32:06 -0400

David,

I own the copyright to that photo, and you have my permission to use it on
Wikipedia. I have attached a couple of other photographs, including a couple
from my bike racing days in case you wanted to include those as well. I also
own the copyright to them.

Michael Shermer

[SHERMER.JPEG]
[Sherm_casual.jpg]
[Shermer_on_bike.jpg]
[shermer_on_bike-closeup.jpg]       ← THIS IMAGE

From:    "David Tribble"
To:      "Michael Shermer"
Subject: Re: Wikipedia, From Shermer
Date:    Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:46:20 -0600

You are quite generous.

I'm a bit new to the wiki process, so bear with me here.  Apparently
it's not enough to grant Wikipedia permission to use photos - you must
also grant permission for downstream users of Wiki to use them as
well, according to the GNU Open License.  What I thought was a simple
process is a bit more involved.  Here's some of the legalese:

   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Example_requests_for_permission)

   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. This
   means that although you retain the copyright and authorship of your own
   work, you are granting permission for all others (not just Wikipedia) to use,
   copy, and share your materials freely—and even potentially use them
   commercially—as long as they do not try to claim the copyright themselves,
   or try to prevent others from using or copying them freely. You can read this
   license in full at:
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GFDL

   Please note that your contributions may not remain intact as submitted;
   this license, and 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" while ensuring that those authors get credit for their work. There
   is more information on our copyright policy at:
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights

   We choose the GNU FDL license because it is the best available tool for
   ensuring that our encyclopedia is and can remain free for all to use, and
   for providing credit to everyone who donates text and images. It may or
   may not be compatible with your goals in creating the materials available
   on your website -- that is your choice. Please be assured that if you do
   not grant permission, your materials will not be used at Wikipedia; we
   have a very strict policy against copyright violations.

More also at:
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Publicity_photos)

Take a little time to understand what I'm asking for, and reply with a
simple yes or no.  I expect that you won't have any problems with
granting permission.

I need to find out a little more about using your bio text you sent
me, though, since I would be uploading it under my user-ID.  Since
you gave me explicit permission to do that, I just need to find out
if that's okay by Wiki rules, and how the text should be attributed.
If it's not, I'll have to generate original text on my own, based on
what you provided.

Thanks for your time.

-drt

From:    "Dr Michael Shermer"
To:      "David Tribble"
Subject: Re: Wikipedia, From Shermer
Date:    Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:55:36 -0400

David,

I understand. I grant you full and complete permission to publish the materials
I sent you--photographs and text--under the GNU Open License agreement and Free
Documentation License, and that I grant permission for all others to use, copy,
and share these materials freely.

Michael Shermer

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