Hello InDesign experts!
A friend and I were recently debating whether CS2 was ever offered for free
to anyone whether you had an old CS2 license or not. It is my understanding
that you technically always had to have an existing CS2 license before you
could legally use the free download and license key. Am I right?
Any insight on this from someone who knows would be appreciated. Thanks!
-awitmer
On behalf of Adobe:
No, CS2 was never free!
Yes, when the activation servers for CS2 were decommissioned a number of years ago, to serve customers who needed to reinstall the software (now already fairly obsolete and not viable on current operating system versions), a special download package and serial number was made available for such users.
Anyone else downloading and installing that special CS2 (or Acrobat) installer without having previously been legally licensed for the product is violating the product's licensing terms and it is legally considered theft.
- Dov
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