Is it legal to use Lightroom 5 I bought as a Student after graduating?

Question

I am in a discussion with a guy on Facebook about the illegality of using student software versions. He says I would need to buy the software again at the normal price, because it's illegal to use it after graduating from school. Is he right?
 
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Reicher Florian · Accepted Answer

Asked the Adobe team on twitter at the same time as here, and got the answer, that of course I can use the student version, even though I am not a student anymore.

JP Hess · Answer

You would have to read the license agreement to know for sure. However, I don't think there is such a limitation. In any event, there is no possibility for you to purchase Lightroom 5 again. The version is ancient history. In fact there is NO version of Lightroom that can be purchased as a freestanding license anymore. There is no support for any freestanding version of Lightroom, including Lightroom 5. Adobe has transitioned to a subscription model. The current version of the version that replaced Lightroom 5 is now known as Lightroom Classic, and is currently at version 10.1.1, soon to be updated again.

For what it's worth, I purchased Lightroom 5 as a student version and used it even though it was purchased as an academic version. I was employed at a university at the time. I used it for several years for personal use until I eventually switched over to the subscription model.

If you want to persist on using that version I don't think you have any choice because it isn't available anywhere anymore. It isn't being updated and Adobe isn't supporting it in any manner at all.

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