rights of use - reader and flash player

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Hello dear Adobe team and Adobe community,

I've got some questions here (for our company) according to the rights of use of Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player since there's no email Support for these cases.

As far as I know the use of Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player is for free, no matter if private indiviuals or teams in companies.
BUT: I've got the Information that if a Company is large (large= xy employees?) or reaches a limit of employees, the Company has to fill a registration form stating the amount of employees... after filling the form the use of both Softwares shall be free for large companies aswell (before it isn').

My questions are: are the informations I've got correct? If yes, where is the limit of employees or how many employees does it need in the company to require the filling of the registration form? And last but not least: where do i get the registration form? If i forgot some important Points according to the rights of use, please tell me or add it in the discussion.

Sorry for possible mistakes in the language and thank you for taking time.

Test Screen Name · Accepted Answer

It's not about being large. The software is free (no money needed), but has an EULA like most software and requires that this be accepted by the end user. So, if you install it for SOMEONE ELSE, this isn't permitted because they are not going to have accepted the EULA.

Now, big companies (and some small companies) are likely to have IT departments installing the software for staff, and hence breaching the EULA. So in this case they need to apply for a redistribution license. This license is still free, but modifies the terms to allow this important use case. It does still have important restrictions someone must be responsible for.

Caveat: this is not legal advice. Read the EULA and Redistribution license terms. Volume distribution | Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

Test Screen Name · Answer

To answer your question you need to read the redistribution license. Yes, I know, but you (or your legal department) really do. It's very rare that Adobe employees comment on license issues. Perhaps because the actual answer has to come from the EULA and other legal agreements (for which lawyers were hansomely paid), and employees explaining or "simplifying" could lead to conflicts of definition (for the resolution of which more lawyers would have to be even more hansomely paid)...

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