I’m “The Dude” that took Quincy Jones’ photo on Wikipedia

Quincy JonesThis shot of Quincy Jones that I took at the 2006 CES show was recently selected to illustrate his Wikipedia entry.

I learned a bit about Wikipedia in the process. I tag all my Flickr photos as CreativeCommons:Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs which, in English, means you can use my photos in original, non-commerical works as long as you give me credit. However, Wikipedia allows only Attribution and/or ShareAlike licenses. ShareAlike allows a use as long as the work in which it is included is also licensed as ShareAlike. Basically, if I share with you then you must share with others.

I can understand the NoDerivs (No Derivatives) liscense being a problem since in this case the photo was to be a part of a larger article. The part that confuses me is the requirement that I remove the NonCommerical limitation. Last time I looked (about 4 seconds ago) Wikipedia did not include ads, nor does it charge for access to the site. Perhaps they are girding themselves for the day when they will.

No need to check DeadOrAlive.com…

I’m still very much alive.

Since last we spoke dear reader I’ve been to Spain for 3 weeks, Los Angeles for 5 days and buried under snow.  Now, the ‘holidays’ are upon us and things get even more harried.

I have a ton of pics to share from my trip and tips about what to do when you are stuck in traffic during a snow storm (hint: bring water and a cup to pee into).

More later…