[SciPy-Dev] removing the Lena image

[Anthony Scopatz]

+1 for the removal. I think getting rid of it is long overdue.

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015, 08:40 Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Sturla Molden <sturla.molden at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The Lena image that we ship is a standard image in the image processing
> >> literature, however it's also controversial
> >
> > Even though Playboy is a source of adult material, the Lena image in
> itself
> > is not sexist.
>
> It's a detail from a pornographic image, and a throwback to a
> mysterious age when it was completely ordinary for this to happen in
> an image processing lab:
>
> """
> They wanted something glossy to ensure good output dynamic range, and
> they wanted a human face. Just then, somebody happened to walk in with
> a recent issue of Playboy.
> """
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna
>
> Thank God, that isn't ordinary any more.
>
> As Pauli says - there's no need to keep Lena any more.
>
> Matthew
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