Hi Andreas, There are other images distributed within the CImg packages that are not free but also "distributable", so I'm a bit surprised the bug report focuses only on the Lena image. The stereo portrait and the parrot image are not free either (they are my own pictures). I don't think there any current issues about the images distributed in the CImg package.
Moreover, having the Lena image has several advantages. First, it gives a clues about what kind of community the library is targeting (algorithmic of image processing). The lena image has a strong identity in this community. Second, this is the most classical image used for comparing results of several algorithms (like denoising algorithms), some of they being a part of the CImg features. So, it's interesting to have it to get comparative results with state of the art algorithms (try to get the PSNR value of a denoising algorithm for any other image in a paper, and tell me what image you can pick (apart from the 'cameraman' image, which honestly sucks)). About the fact it illustrated the sexism in sciences, this is probably a joke (at least I hope so). Everyone working in image processing has used this image at least once in this life, so I repeat it, this image represents a community by itself. And there are no nudity nor offensive contents in the dsitributed image. This is a portrait of a woman, nothing else. Saying it is sexist is one of the strangest and conservative thing I've ever read (to stay polite). As you guess, I have no plans to remove it. Regards, David. 2015-07-04 19:05 GMT+02:00 Andreas Tille <andr...@an3as.eu>: > 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 > > > > -- > > debian-science-maintainers mailing list > > debian-science-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org > > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-science-maintainers > > > > -- > http://fam-tille.de >
