[luegen]

Is there by any chance a list of software patents that Adobe or other companies hold that GIMP cannot implement for this reason?

[RubyRidgeRandy]

https://patents.justia.com/assignee/adobe-systems-inc

content aware stamp tool

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE SYNCHRONIZATION OF A DISPLAY LAYOUT

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GESTURE BASED COPYING OF ATTRIBUTES

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMPROVED WORKFLOW FOR DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING

Construction of multimedia compositions

Methods and apparatus for selecting objects by state

Methods and apparatus for automatically grouping graphical constructs

Methods and apparatus for maintaining online preferences

Methods and apparatus for creating a quick canvas

System and method for identifying Bezier curves from a shape

Method and apparatus for applying locale behaviors to regions of a form

Preview window including a storage context view of one or more computer resources

Methods and apparatus for arranging graphical objects

Methods and apparatus to identify graphical elements

Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional isographic navigation

System for manipulating noise in digital images

Compound layers for composited image manipulation

Method of color selection for display and printing

[prokoudine]

There is no such thing because patents have nothing to do with this.

[TheRealNGenius]

Agree, Rubyridge is just flat-out wrong. Check out photo pea for example, UI is remarkably similar to photoshop