Can Adobe CS4 Academic be used for profit?
I am finishing up with school and am going to focus more on freelance web development. I was wondering if I will be able to use the software that I currently own.
Thank you in advance for your answers!
Story: I called in to Adobe's customer support. The guy who I ended up talking with kept making hints that I shouldn't worry about being within Adobe's legal expectations. I asked him multiple times, in very plain terms: Can I use this software, legally, to design for profit. His answers included: "Well once you have a license, it's not like we will track you to make sure that you don't."
... amazingly enough that's as close to the point as he came, which is why I'm here. Makes me wonder if he'd respond the same way if I asked him if I could profit from pirated software :|.
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The answer is NO, it can not be used for profit. Some may allow use after school is completed.
The restrictions of Not For Profit still exists unless specifically called out in the EULA.
Discussions on using it Academic S/W for profit becomes a discussion of how to pirate, which results in vacations from AT.
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I am finishing up with school and am going to focus more on freelance web development. I was wondering if I will be able to use the software that I currently own.
Thank you in advance for your answers!
Story: I called in to Adobe's customer support. The guy who I ended up talking with kept making hints that I shouldn't worry about being within Adobe's legal expectations. I asked him multiple times, in very plain terms: Can I use this software, legally, to design for profit. His answers included: "Well once you have a license, it's not like we will track you to make sure that you don't."
... amazingly enough that's as close to the point as he came, which is why I'm here. Makes me wonder if he'd respond the same way if I asked him if I could profit from pirated software :|.
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The answer is NO, it can not be used for profit. Some may allow use after school is completed.
The restrictions of Not For Profit still exists unless specifically called out in the EULA.
Discussions on using it Academic S/W for profit becomes a discussion of how to pirate, which results in vacations from AT.
Senior Anandtech Moderator
Common Courtesy