Re: Mass bug filing about non free lena image.

[Matthew Woodcraft <matthew@woodcraft.me.uk>]

Phil Hands wrote:
> I saw that at least one package (I'm afraid I've forgotten which)
> settled on this picture of Grace Hooper:

>   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Commodore_Grace_M._Hopper%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg

> It is Public Domain (having been released by the US Navy).

> It is of a person, so can be used for face recognition.

If the intent is to choose an image which won't make people feel
excluded, I think someone in military uniform standing in front of the
flag of a nation with a recent history of launching wars of aggression
is not a good choice.

-M-