"Software engineer Brandon Thomas has built and released an open-source, free alternative to Adobe’s Creative Cloud suite, including versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom (not Classic), Acrobat, After Effects, and InDesign."
I expect Adobe's legal team will respond aggressively and relentlessly.
OtoH, does the fact that it is free make their case more challenging?
"Software engineer Brandon Thomas has built and released an open-source, free alternative to Adobe’s Creative Cloud suite, including versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom (not Classic), Acrobat, After Effects, and InDesign."
I expect Adobe's legal team will respond aggressively and relentlessly.
OtoH, does the fact that it is free make their case more challenging?
I assume Adobe can only succeed if they can prove he violated their patents, copyright or proprietary code. You wonder why anyone would challenge them, though, especially with something that’s free.
p.1 #3 · Interesting Article from PetaPixel: "someone-rebuilt-free-open-source-versions-of-photoshop-premiere-and-lightroom"
You have no idea what this software does in the background. It could have numerous security flaws, it could be uploading your photos to his personal cloud, or any other number of things.
p.1 #4 · Interesting Article from PetaPixel: "someone-rebuilt-free-open-source-versions-of-photoshop-premiere-and-lightroom"
RoamingScott wrote:
You have no idea what this software does in the background. It could have numerous security flaws, it could be uploading your photos to his personal cloud, or any other number of things.
So basically it will be as reliable and trustworthy as the original.
