Hi Bastien,
thanks for this bug report, which I'm hereby forwarding upstream.
David, do you have any acceptable free replacement which works
similarly good as example?
Kind regards
Andreas.
On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 01:32:17PM +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> Package: src:cimg
> Severity: serious
> version: 1.5.9+dfsg-1
>
>
> The given source file
>
> examples/img/lena.pgm
>
>
> is cropped from playboy centerfold.
>
>
> This image is a picture of Lena Saderberg, shot by photographer Dwight
> Hooker, cropped from the centerfold of the November 1972 issue of
> Playboy magazine.
>
>
> According to Hutchison, Jamie (May June 2001). "Culture,
> Communication, and an Information Age Madonna" (PDF). IEEE
> Professional Communication Society Newsletter 45 (3). (page 5 second
> column second paragraph), this image is distributable but not free.
>
>
> Moreover, Lenna photo has been pointed to as an example of sexism in
> the sciences, reinforcing gender stereotypes.
>
>
> Please use well known and free test image.
>
>
> thanks
>
>
> Bastien
>
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