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Also, you also cannot install old Adobe apps anymore. I have a full version of Illustrator CS2 that I paid about 500€ for, but cannot install it because it need

by jansan 6y ago

Also, you also cannot install old Adobe apps anymore. I have a full version of Illustrator CS2 that I paid about 500€ for, but cannot install it because it needs to be activated and Adobe shut their licensing servers down.

2rsf 6y ago
For a while they used to give away a license-less version of those CS2 products, try searching maybe you can still get them.
- ddorian43 6y ago
  I've heard they give away license-less versions on piratebay.
  - jansan 6y ago
    So I have to go to piratebay in order to run the software that I fully paid for? That cannot be the solution.
    - ddorian43 6y ago
      Happens often and it will increase in occurrence.
  - 2rsf 6y ago
    the Adobe one is legal though, some people actually need that
- jansan 6y ago
  Yes, I already did some research and found it. The software can be downloaded here: https://www.chip.de/downloads/Adobe-Illustrator-CS2-Vollversion_59763474.html And the licensing codes can be found via archive.fo: https://archive.fo/255q5 But officially Adobe does not want me to install my old software anymore.
  - neurostimulant 6y ago
    It's also available for download in the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/Adobe-CS2 https://archive.org/details/Adobe-CS2 Lots of good old software available in the Internet Archive these days. In general, I would search Internet Archive first if I need any old software instead of downloading from random sketchy sources like random torrent trackers.
  - 2rsf 6y ago
    officially they do want you to use it, that's what the special version was for, unofficially ? just buy a new one while upgrading you Desktop on the way
mschuster91 6y ago
> but cannot install it because it needs to be activated and Adobe shut their licensing servers down. It should be made a legal requirement for software vendors to hand over the source code and build environment for both the software and the licensing servers in virtual machines to be held in trust at the national libraries / archives, and I can imagine a similar thing also for chip designs. We have this requirement for books already for ages (in Germany since 1663 / 1871, see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pflichtexemplar https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pflichtexemplar - in the US I didn't find out when it was introduced, see https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/mandatory_deposit.html https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/mandatory_deposit.html). Release to the public domain should be mandatory after 30 years.
ecmascript 6y ago
You should report is to your country customer protection agency, perhaps they can help you.

by jansan 6y ago

2rsf 6y ago

For a while they used to give away a license-less version of those CS2 products, try searching maybe you can still get them.

ddorian43 6y ago
I've heard they give away license-less versions on piratebay.
- jansan 6y ago
  So I have to go to piratebay in order to run the software that I fully paid for? That cannot be the solution.
  - ddorian43 6y ago
    Happens often and it will increase in occurrence.
- 2rsf 6y ago
  the Adobe one is legal though, some people actually need that
jansan 6y ago
Yes, I already did some research and found it. The software can be downloaded here: https://www.chip.de/downloads/Adobe-Illustrator-CS2-Vollversion_59763474.html And the licensing codes can be found via archive.fo: https://archive.fo/255q5 But officially Adobe does not want me to install my old software anymore.
- neurostimulant 6y ago
  It's also available for download in the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/Adobe-CS2 https://archive.org/details/Adobe-CS2 Lots of good old software available in the Internet Archive these days. In general, I would search Internet Archive first if I need any old software instead of downloading from random sketchy sources like random torrent trackers.
- 2rsf 6y ago
  officially they do want you to use it, that's what the special version was for, unofficially ? just buy a new one while upgrading you Desktop on the way

mschuster91 6y ago

> but cannot install it because it needs to be activated and Adobe shut their licensing servers down. It should be made a legal requirement for software vendors to hand over the source code and build environment for both the software and the licensing servers in virtual machines to be held in trust at the national libraries / archives, and I can imagine a similar thing also for chip designs. We have this requirement for books already for ages (in Germany since 1663 / 1871, see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pflichtexemplar https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pflichtexemplar - in the US I didn't find out when it was introduced, see https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/mandatory_deposit.html https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/mandatory_deposit.html). Release to the public domain should be mandatory after 30 years.

ecmascript 6y ago

You should report is to your country customer protection agency, perhaps they can help you.