Update: Download Adobe Creative Suite 2 For Free
Update3: This comes from imaging-resource:
Here’s what Issacs wrote on Adobe’s community forum following the reports.
“On behalf of Adobe Systems Incorporated …
You have heard wrong! Adobe is absolutely not providing free copies of CS2!
What is true is that Adobe is terminating the activation servers for CS2 and that for existing licensed users of CS2 who need to reinstall their software, copies of CS2 that don’t require activation but do require valid serial numbers are available. (Special serial numbers are provided on the page for each product download.) See <http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1114930>.
You are only legally entitled to download and install with that serial number if you have a valid license to the product!”
Update2: the download link appears to be still alive. Just tried it out. Don’t know what is going on.
Update: To good to be true! According to diyphotography, which cites Adobe support forum, the download was never meant to be free. The download page was meant for photographers who bought CS2, but needed to reactivate it. The download link has now been disabled.
Adobe’s CS2 suite can be downloaded for free. Click here to download. Serial numbers are provided with the download links. You have to be registered to Adobe (it’s free) to make the download. Mac (PowerPc) and Windows versions.
[via nachbelichtet.de via 9to5toys via canonwatch]
unbeliever
5 months ago |Did someone at Adobe get nuts?
Not easy to believe they can ever offer something like this for free.
BdV
5 months ago |I guess that’s why the whole world is trying to grab it right now. Their servers are red hot. Ah, temporarily unavailable now…
ChrisF
5 months ago |The Mac OSX CS2 version requires the Rosetta engine supplied with 10.5 and 10.6 only.
10.7 (Lion) and 10.8 (Mountain Lion) users need not download as it will not function properly (thx JB)
homrw2
5 months ago |that happens when one website just copy and past what other post.
thati s why BLOGS are no journalism…
CS2 is NOT free.
check the adobe forums.
adobe staff members say it is onyl for CS2 CUSTOMERS!!
it was never intended as a free giveaway.
AGAIN: IT IS NOT LEGAL TO USE THIS VERSION WEHN YOU DON`T OWN CS2 !!!
Sky
5 months ago |Never thrust unofficial opinions of corporation members in the Internet. Only things that should interest you are licenses and official statements from the company published on official channels.
Also if you’d like to know – Adobe employees posted CONTRADICTING opinions – some say that you need to own a license to legally use CS2 downloaded this way, other say that it’s fine and version available online IS LEGAL for both: private and commercial use.
Sky
5 months ago |Note that download link has been REENABLED and in most recent OFFICIAL statement Adobe DID NOT deny releasing CS2 for FREE, merely pointing out the reason behind the release. Also note that official websites nor installation itself requires any license from the user.
Additionally: Adobe removed previous license agreement available in commercial edition of the CS2 – the free edition contains only standard EULA.