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FORTRAN Part 2 (1957-1990) — Image Research & Licensing Report

All images downloaded (or verified as already present) in /home/michal/repos/michalbrennek.github.io/assets/images/.

Image: Edsger_Dijkstra.jpg (NEW)

  • Source URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edsger_Wybe_Dijkstra.jpg
  • Direct file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Edsger_Wybe_Dijkstra.jpg
  • License: Dual-licensed GFDL v1.2+ and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
  • Author: Hamilton Richards (photograph taken 8 January 2002, University of Texas at Austin)
  • Credit line (for figcaption): Edsger W. Dijkstra in 2002. Photo: Hamilton Richards, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
  • Dimensions: 1200 x 1600 px
  • Notes: The canonical free portrait of Dijkstra; widely used in Wikipedia. Sharp, well-lit, suitable for full-column figure.

Image: Niklaus_Wirth.jpg (NEW)

  • Source URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niklaus_Wirth,_UrGU.jpg
  • Direct file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Niklaus_Wirth%2C_UrGU.jpg
  • License: “Copyrighted free use” — the copyright holder permits unrestricted use, including commercial, with no obligation other than (optional) attribution.
  • Author: Tyomitch (Wikimedia Commons user). Post-processing by Ksarasola (2019).
  • Credit line (for figcaption): Niklaus Wirth lecturing at Ural State University, 3 October 2005. Photo: Tyomitch, via Wikimedia Commons (copyrighted free use).
  • Dimensions: 800 x 612 px
  • Notes: Lower-resolution but the main free-use Wirth portrait on Commons. Works at standard figure size.

Image: Frances_Allen.jpg (NEW)

  • Source URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allen_mg_2528-3750K-b.jpg
  • Direct file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Allen_mg_2528-3750K-b.jpg
  • License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 France (CC BY-SA 2.0 FR) — also available under CeCILL; designated a Wikimedia Commons “Valued image”.
  • Author: Rama (Wikimedia Commons contributor)
  • Credit line (for figcaption): Frances E. Allen receiving the Erna Hamburger Distinguished Lecture Award at EPFL, 6 May 2008. Photo: Rama, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0 FR).
  • Dimensions: 2912 x 2912 px (square crop)
  • Notes: Highest-resolution free portrait of Allen available. Square aspect — will need a reasonable crop in the figure layout.

Image: John_Backus.jpg (EXISTING — reused, not re-downloaded)

  • Source URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Backus_2.jpg
  • Direct file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/John_Backus_2.jpg
  • License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Author: Pierre Lescanne (own work)
  • Credit line (for figcaption): John Backus, 1989. Photo: Pierre Lescanne, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Dimensions: 238 x 356 px
  • Notes: Already present from Post 20. This is the only free-licensed Backus portrait — no PD photo of him at the 1977 ACM Seattle Turing lecture exists on a free platform.

Image: Fortran_manual.jpg (EXISTING — reused, not re-downloaded)

  • Source URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fortran_acs_cover.jpeg
  • Direct file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Fortran_acs_cover.jpeg
  • License: Public domain in the United States (simple text/geometric design; published 1956 without copyright notice; copyright never renewed).
  • Author: IBM Applied Science Division and Programming Research Department
  • Credit line (for figcaption): Cover of “The Fortran Automatic Coding System for the IBM 704 EDPM,” IBM, 15 October 1956 — the first Fortran programmer’s reference manual. Public domain.
  • Dimensions: 610 x 780 px
  • Notes: Already present. Represents FORTRAN’s founding document; fits the Part 2 opening context.

Image: Fortran_77_listing.jpg (NEW)

  • Source URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FORTRAN_IV_using_WATFIV_source_listing_excerpt_for_CS_311_at_Cornell_University_1973.jpg
  • Direct file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/FORTRAN_IV_using_WATFIV_source_listing_excerpt_for_CS_311_at_Cornell_University_1973.jpg
  • License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Author: Jonathan Schilling
  • Credit line (for figcaption): FORTRAN IV source listing (WATFIV compiler) from Cornell University’s CS 311 course, line-printer output dated 10 December 1973. Photo: Jonathan Schilling, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Dimensions: 2759 x 2654 px
  • Notes: Actual line-printer greenbar-style output of real FORTRAN IV code — exactly the “printed listing” aesthetic requested. The file is tagged FORTRAN IV (the immediate predecessor to the FORTRAN 77 standard); close enough for the 1970s scene-setting.

Image: Cray_1_museum.jpg (EXISTING — reused, not re-downloaded)

  • Previously downloaded for the Cray-1 research session. Use as primary Cray-1 figure.
  • License / source: verify against earlier research notes when reusing.

Image: Cray_1_EPFL.jpg (NEW — secondary Cray photo)

  • Source URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cray-1-p1010221.jpg
  • Direct file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Cray-1-p1010221.jpg
  • License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 France (CC BY-SA 2.0 FR); also available under CeCILL.
  • Author: Rama (Wikimedia Commons contributor)
  • Credit line (for figcaption): Cray-1 on display in the hallways of EPFL, Lausanne. Photo: Rama, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0 FR).
  • Dimensions: 2560 x 1920 px
  • Notes: Alternative Cray-1 shot — the distinctive C-shape with integrated bench seating. Sharper and higher-res than many museum photos. Useful if we want a second Cray figure or an alternative to Cray_1_museum.jpg.

Image: punched_card_deck.jpg (NEW — source material for header)

  • Source URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Punched_card_program_deck.agr.jpg
  • Direct file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Punched_card_program_deck.agr.jpg
  • License: Dual-licensed GFDL v1.2+ and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
  • Author: Arnold Reinhold (own work, 1969 deck from his thesis research; photo taken in later decades)
  • Credit line (for figcaption): A punched-card program deck (circa 1969). Photo: Arnold Reinhold, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
  • Dimensions: 1653 x 1259 px
  • Notes: Retained as a stand-alone figure candidate in addition to serving as the source for header-fortran-empire.jpg. The deck is Reinhold’s PL/I-on-IBM-360 thesis program — close enough visually to FORTRAN-era card decks, and the caption can describe the generic artifact without misattributing the language.

Image: header-fortran-empire.jpg (NEW — derived header)

  • Derived from: punched_card_deck.jpg (see entry above for source/license)
  • Processing: Centre-cropped from 1653 x 1259 to 16:9 (1653 x 929) and resampled (Lanczos) to the site-standard 1600 x 900. Processed with Python PIL.
  • License: inherited from source — dual-licensed GFDL v1.2+ and CC BY-SA 3.0. Derivative use is permitted under the same licences; provide attribution to Arnold Reinhold.
  • Credit line (for figcaption / alt text): Header derived from a photo of a punched-card program deck (circa 1969). Photo: Arnold Reinhold, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
  • Dimensions: 1600 x 900 px

Summary of files touched

File Status Role
Edsger_Dijkstra.jpg new download Portrait for GOTO/structured-programming section
Niklaus_Wirth.jpg new download Portrait for Pascal / “anti-FORTRAN” section
Frances_Allen.jpg new download Portrait for FORTRAN H / Turing-Award section
John_Backus.jpg existing — reuse Backus portrait (1989)
Fortran_manual.jpg existing — reuse 1956 ACS manual cover (PD)
Fortran_77_listing.jpg new download 1973 FORTRAN IV line-printer listing
Cray_1_museum.jpg existing — reuse Primary Cray-1 shot
Cray_1_EPFL.jpg new download Alternative / secondary Cray-1 shot
punched_card_deck.jpg new download Stand-alone punched-card deck figure + header source
header-fortran-empire.jpg new (derived) Part 2 header image (1600 x 900)

All licences verified on the respective Wikimedia Commons file pages. Every image is either public domain, CC BY-SA, GFDL+CC BY-SA, or “copyrighted free use” — consistent with the site’s prior sourcing policy. No NASA-public-domain items were needed for this batch.