geremy condra <debat...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:55 PM, John Bokma <j...@castleamber.com> wrote: >> I know of the use of Lena. And to be honest, I agree with Playboy that >> they have the copyright. Some of the articles published on image >> processing end up behind a paywall or in a book. And I don't think the >> authors will be very happy if I convert their work in PDFs and offer it >> as free download on my site. Everybody wants a free ride until they have >> to create and maintain the rides in their own precious time with their >> own money. > > Playboy permits use of the image for research,
OK, then I don't get the issue, and if you can enlighten me on it I will be thankful. > so unless you planned > on getting permission from the authors first this is a totally invalid > comparison. Clear. But my free ride remark stands IMO -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list