Bug#794853: Fwd: Re: Mass bug filing about non free lena image.

[Daniel Stender]

I would love when we don't have a problem here ...

DS

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Subject: Re: Mass bug filing about non free lena image.
Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:29:32 +0000 (UTC)
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:29:18 +0200
From: Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>
To: debian-devel at lists.debian.org

Quoting Jakub Wilk (2015-08-12 21:57:40)
> Has anybody asked the copyright holders to release the image under a 
> free license? Or is everybody assuming that they won't?

>From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna>:

> While Playboy often cracks down on illegal uses of its material and 
> did initially send out notices to research publications and journals 
> that used the image,[11] over time it has decided to overlook the wide 
> use of Lena. Eileen Kent, VP of new media at Playboy said, "We decided 
> we should exploit this, because it is a phenomenon."

Above (especially the "overlook the wide use" part) made me stop look 
further for likelihood of free licensing.

 - Jonas

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