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Open source developers debate ethics of AI-generated Photoshop clone

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An open-source developer expressed confusion and concern over a situation where other developers were defending Adobe against an open-source project that used LLMs to create a Photoshop clone. The core of the debate appears to center on the definition of open-source and the ethics of creating clean-room implementations of proprietary software using AI. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about the boundaries of open-source development and intellectual property when AI is used to replicate existing software.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from a developer discussing a debate within the open-source community regarding AI-generated clones of proprietary software.

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Open source developers debate ethics of AI-generated Photoshop clone

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    How did we get to opensource developers defending adobe because a project used LLMs to create an opensource clone of photoshop and arguing if one can talk about

    How did we get to opensource developers defending adobe because a project used LLMs to create an opensource clone of photoshop and arguing if one can talk about a clean room implementation in those cases. What are we doing? Or maybe I fundamentally misunderstood what opensource i…

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