Using an Image from Wikipedia

What action must I take and will this afffect my copyright

[glitterball]

I would like to use an image that is on wikipedia and covered by the GFDL license.
The image would be used alongside an article that I have written about that subject.

What action do I need to take to comply with that license and Secondly, will this affect the copyright that I hold for the rest of the content of the webpage?

[Quadrille]

Wikipedia has pages with details of exactly how the license works.

If it's their picture, they may grant you a license, but you will not 'own' the picture, or be able to pass it to others, unless they, too, follow the terms of the license.

Also be careful; some WikiP images are NOT theirs, and you will need to go to the source to get a license to use it.

[bcolflesh]

[en.wikipedia.org...]

[glitterball]

The image that I'm interested in is distributed under the GFDL, which states:
"A "Modified Version" of the Document means any work containing the Document or a portion of it, either copied verbatim, or with modifications and/or translated into another language."

If I include this image in my webpage, does that mean that my webpage must also fall under the conditions of the GFDL and therefore be freely copyable?

[Quadrille]

No.

The terms apply to the image only, unless you choose to have them apply to your page.

[glitterball]

Thanks, that's cleared that up for me.