Distribution Agreement Clarification

[iPhRoST]

     Hello, I recently have signed my company up to distribute Adobe Products through custom .wim file and Group Policy. I am just looking for a little clarification on the terms of the license agreement, specifically 3.4 (b) "Upon release of new version of the software, distributor will cease reproduction and distribution of previous version".

Forgive me for being a bit slow and confused on the "Reproduction" but how do you define this vs "Production"? Am I allowed to run the previous version on my workstations after the new release requirements and I just have to make sure to distribute the new version going forward? Or am I required to upgrade all running instances at my company?

With regards to the above and the record keeping required in the event of an audit, what specifically is needed to be documented?

-Just the event of distribution of the software? (i.e: Month 1 - 20 Installs, Month 2 - 10 installs)

OR

- The event of distribution as well as version distributed (ie: Month 1 - 20 Installs of Flash 31, Month 2 - 10 Installs of Flash 32 in the event of a major release)

Same with Reader as well, I just used flash as the example because it is clearer of the version number available.

This is an over simplified example but I am just trying to do my best to illustrate my question and concerns.

Any Feedback is greatly appreciated, thank you!

- Bret

[iPhRoST]

Can someone lend ANY insight into this, please?

[iPhRoST]

Seriously,

     is this some sort of taboo question I have asked here? In over a month, I have not gotten any response to what I feel is a rather legitimate question. There have been tons of other posts that have all gotten looked at / responses however I have even PM'd staff members I have hunted down from other posts and they tell me I shouldn't ask this type of question in the forums... yet when I open a chat, it is useless as they don't understand the question, refuse to look at the post and then tell me to post in the forums anyway.

MAY I PLEASE JUST GET SOME SORT OF CLARIFICATION?

Steve Cordero​ EnterpriseHelp​ Jeff A Wright​

[EnterpriseHelp · Accepted solution]

I'll give your question a shot, but you're asking questions (good ones) about a legal document and the helpers here tend to do better at technical answers. So I'll partially answer with what I think I know, and if that's not helpful, I'll forward your questions to someone who might do better.

• Reader is free and not much is required. Just fill out the dist agreement and do what you need to do for your company.
• There is no requirement to upgrade any product under any scenario. What you do wrt updates for both Acrobat and Reader is up to you.
• You can run previous versions of any product at any time, even those that are end of lifed (same as previous bullet). It's not recommended for security and other reasons, but it's up to you.
• The sentence regarding "reproduction" does not apply to you. It's saying what Adobe does. If you want details, you'd be better off looking at the product end of life document as well as the Admin Guide which details versioning and updates.  If you think there's something you should care about wrt to versioning and updates post back.

I don't know about audits and record keeping. You need to know what you have installed on each machine anyway. Keep track of that and the install date. Make sure you have a license for every user that has access to Acrobat.

If you need more detail, post back with specific questions and I'll try to track it down.

[iPhRoST]

     Thank you tons for your effort, I don't think I have anymore as that is just about what I was expecting to keep track of what, when and where for the install. I am a networking consultant but trying to do some favors for a certain client regarding their environment and some licensing concerns and this is new to me. In this scenario, we're only dealing with free stuff here (flash and reader).. but I am a very  "By the letter of the law" in my work if you will, and try to follow my agreements precisely and not just obtain them.

Thanks again!

- Bret

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