autotrace / autotrace

bitmap to vector graphics converter

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Proprietary company / project using Autotrace name for a very similar project.

SylvianHemus opened this issue · comments

IDK if this project has filed a trademark, but a proprietary project / company using the same name as FOSS for the same thing bothers me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zu9daXcIJc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nwGafNRGIA
https://www.vectornator.io/
I'm also curious if this project is... Just using autotrace / potrace, which would presumably violate the GPL. They claim they are using "machine learning" to trace from bitmap, which seems unlikely to me given that such an application of ML is unnecessary to achieve this kind of thing and would be comparatively computationally expensive. In the attached video, they have traced from bitmap to vector with little delay, which is also unlikely if they are using a cloud based ML pipeline (don't think you can run such things on an ipad, as they do in the video)

Am worried I'll get my shit hacked in retaliation for posting this (devs sound / look Eastern Bloc) but it bothers me enough to raise attention for it and I can't delete this now lol