They should specify from the start but would not sell that much .. what happened to the good ol’ internet ?!
You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks
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Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks
#22Link to Ghidra of the network nanny?
Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks
#23"The aging activation servers for those apps had to be retired." Cry me a river - Adobe can't afford to keep an old server running? At least be honest about the motivation.
Release a patch to remove the check and you don’t need to worry about it.
This should be a requirement enforced by legislation.
Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks
#24Probably offer a free version of creative cloud for people with cs2
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#25Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks
#26What happens to digitally signed PDF documents 10 years from now? Will they no longer be valid/legally openable?
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#27I don't have the original license agreements handy to determine whether this is the case, but I'm guessing the following are true:
1) Customers "agree" to binding arbitration
2) Adobe reserves the right to terminate your ability to install the software at any time
If the above are not true, however, this seems like a nice target for an entrepreneurial class action lawyer.
Of course, what we really need are some vastly better digital consumer protection laws.
Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks
#28Alexa, show me how to drive a significant portion of your customer base towards unashamed piracy.
Re: You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe someone can crack the code to not require activation? You did purchase the software after all, and unless you are illegally distributing it I see it as a perfectly fine thing to do whatever you want within your own private residence.
> You did purchase the software after all Err, umm, no. You purchased a license to use the software.
Not really?
If you have the disks, you bought a copy of it, just like you bought a copy of a book, not a license to read it's pages.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Release a patch to remove the check and you don’t need to worry about it.
This should be a requirement enforced by legislation.
Truly. Also, if your device depends on a cloud service to function, you must open-source the service if you choose to EOL it.