If that is what people want to do with the tool is beyond your control but to showcase it in your example gets you on the hook for ill-intent.
If that is what people want to do with the tool is beyond your control but to showcase it in your example gets you on the hook for ill-intent.
I can think of two related topics:
* Export restriction on encryption (does not apply here)
* YouTube's content policy on hacking tutorials (not applicable here either, since this is not YouTube)
Given that this project is an alternative to Adobe's features, the latter may feel tempted to claim this is a tool intended for copyright circumvention.
[1]: https://commonsware.com/blog/2020/10/24/youtube-dl-avoiding-...
Particularly, inducement liability could be a real issue here.
In MGM v. Grokster, the Supreme Court unanimously said, "[O]ne who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties."
You probably can't sue a knife maker because you killed someone with one of their knives. My knives usually cut vegetables and tofu, which is allowed as far as I know.
Similar here, but worse than the knife/tool analogy: when you rip a copyright CD the system gathers all the data on the CD to present in the interface but doesn't warn you about the copyright; it is designed to rip commercial, copyrighted music.