Reinhard Tartler <[email protected]> writes:

>> General question, is lena.ppm's author known? If so has anyone tried
>> to reach him or her out and see if a more liberal license could be
>> agreed upon?
>
> see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lenna.png#Licensing
>
> Good luck with contacting the Playboy!

I guess the quote from the Playboy VP on that page could be read as the
copyright holder authorizing redistribution. But that's still far from
DFSG-compliant, of course.

I'd suggest putting a fallback copy at fate, and then just purging the
file from the debian package.

BTW, this standard test image was eliminated from undergraduate courses
at some Swedish universities some year ago, not because of copyright
concerns, but because it was deemed sexist. And I guess culture was a
bit different a few decades ago, if Playboy was the best colored
magazine lying around at the research lab...

Regards,
/Niels

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