近期，部分软件工程师利用生成式人工智能工具对商业软件进行逆向工程，成功构建了微软Office和Adobe系列程序的本质上的免费版本 1。在此背景下，一款名为“Reverse Engineer Anything”的免费AI工具在编程圈内迅速走红，推动了这一现象的扩散 1。这种技术路径可能挑战自1998年美国通过《数字千年版权法》（DMCA）以来确立的商业软件保护机制，该法案此前将破解防止篡改的软件锁定为非法行为，从而巩固了付费软件的受保护地位 1。
尽管有观点认为逆向工程不涉及破解传统的软件“锁”，因此可能不直接违反DMCA，但这并不意味着此类行为完全免受法律挑战 1。从技术层面看，AI生成的替代软件存在难以追踪的Bug以及文件兼容性风险 1。此外，即便复制了Photoshop等软件的功能界面，用户也无法获得Adobe用于其专有AI工具的底层数据集，这意味着核心竞争壁垒依然存在 1。分析指出，虽然这一趋势动摇了传统的软件变现方式，但受限于数据壁垒、兼容性问题及法律不确定性，互联网不太可能因此完全回归早期的自由共享时代 1。
Software engineers are using generative artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT and Claude, to create essentially free versions of Microsoft Office and Adobe programs. 1 This activity involves reverse engineering commercial software to produce free alternatives. 1 A free AI tool called "Reverse Engineer Anything" has become popular within programming communities for this purpose. 1
This development may challenge the protections for paid software established by the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States. 1 The DMCA made it illegal to break anti-tampering locks that protect commercial software. 1 While reverse engineering might not violate the DMCA because it does not involve breaking these specific locks, the practice could still face legal challenges. 1
Despite these efforts, a complete return to early internet-style free sharing is unlikely due to technical and legal barriers. 1 AI-generated software may contain bugs that are difficult to track and risks regarding file compatibility. 1 Furthermore, cloning software like Photoshop does not provide access to the underlying datasets used by Adobe for its proprietary AI tools. 1
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