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Email dialog between Eric M Gearhart and the image creator

Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:06:43 +0200
From: npu <nonplusx@gmail.com>
To: "Eric Gearhart" <eric@nixwizard.net>
Subject: Re: Linux distro timeline usage

Hi there Eric,

Thanks for asking -- you're free to use the image in any way you want.
More exposure will probably lead to more feedback, (hopefully) meaning
more accurate data in the timeline. So thank *you*. :)

On 26/04/07, Eric Gearhart <eric@nixwizard.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a Computers Author over at the Citizendium project
> (http://citidendium.org). Put simply, Citizendium aims to be "a better
> Wikipedia than Wikipedia."
>
> I'm writing to ask if I can use your "Linux Distro Timeline" in the
> Linux distribution article (located at
> http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Linux_distribution)
>
> I see that in the image you state "Feel free to modify and spread,"
> however that really doesn't qualify as an "official license" that we'd
> like to see attached to the image if I uploaded it. If you approve of me
> using it, your response can go onto the discussion page of the image
> after it's uploaded.
>
> Thanks for your time and the awesome timeline,
>
> Eric Gearhart
> Citizendium Author