Buying Flash CS3 Second hand

[trueverde]

Hello Adobe community, I was wondering if buying a second hand (legitimate and boxed) copy of Flash CS3 would make me using that program legal. I am aware that activation no longer works so the program installed would have to be patched in some way, but I believe there is no problem if I do own a boxed copy of the program. Answers such as "Just get Adobe Animate!" or "Flash is dead!" will be ignored.

[kglad]

you cannot use cs3 beyond the one month trial period because the adobe activation servers have long been shutdown. boxed or not makes no difference.

and whatever "patching" you're considering is illegal.

[trueverde]

So even if I have the purchased copy, I still cannot use Flash CS3 due to activation? So would having a copy that doesn't require activation be illegal even if I own a physical copy? 

[kglad · Accepted solution]

you can use for the 30 day trial period.  then you can reformat your computer or use another computer to get another 30 day trial etc..

the only version's that don't need activation haven't been legally sold for many years.  

[rayek.elfin]

---snip---

Completely confused CS6 with CS2!!! There never were CS6 generic serial numbers - only for CS2, and only for existing users were those downloads available for a while.

No clue why I confused those two. I was in a rush, I guess? Wishful thinking? Anyway, there is no way to activate CS3 in a legal way.

It is still possible to activate a new boxed perpetual copy of CS6, though. Finding such a boxed copy is difficult, though.

@kgladthanks for pointing out my glaring mistakes...

[kglad]

@rayek.elfin 

there are a number of inaccuracies in your post.

[rayek.elfin]

Not sure what was going through my head when I wrote it. ;-D

Edited.

[kglad]

@rayek.elfin 

i've made worse errors.  and probably more of them.

[kglad]

@rayek.elfin 

stop linking krita in your posts you're going to be banned.

[rayek.elfin]

Yeah, went a bit overboard. Will stop it now - just wanted people to know that there is a free and arguably better alternative to Adobe's relatively expensive AI generator. I tested Firefly and found it to be rather limited compared.

But will stop now. 🙂

[kglad]

thanks.

i'll spread that, but it just takes one person to ban you.  hopefully, no one will.

[rayek.elfin]

I removed most of the links in my posts.

Hopefully that shows my intent: I did not mean any ill will and just wanted to inform about an open source alternative.

[kglad]

oh, good job. i'll add that info to support you.

[rayek.elfin]

Oh, wow. That bad? Unexpected. I must have stepped on some toes then.

Well, please offer them my apologies.

I won't be linking to other software anymore; although it is strange, since I have linked to alternatives before in other posts where I thought it would or could be helpful to the OP.

Granted, not that many in a row of posts. 😉

[kglad]

i posted.  but if the links are removed it's very unlikely anyone would ban you.

[rayek.elfin]

Thanks for your help!

[kglad]

sure.

[harrie_8599]

Use Adobe genp on GitHub