PS-CS licensing question…

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kentwolf
Dec 30, 2003
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(I am at work, so I do not presently have access to my copy of Photoshop CS.)

Question: Is it permissible to have Photoshop installed on my home computer *AND* my work computer, seeing I only use one computer at a time?

I have seen varying incarnations of licensing agreements, so I am not sure of this.

Should the product activation work OK seeing there would be different machine ID’s for the same PS-CS serial #?

Thanks for your help.
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Kent Wolf
ITT Bell & Gossett Research & Development Laboratory
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dave_milbut
Dec 30, 2003
Question: Is it permissible to have Photoshop installed on my home computer *AND* my work computer, seeing I only use one computer at a time?

yes.

Should the product activation work OK seeing there would be different machine ID’s for the same PS-CS serial #?

yes.
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kentwolf
Dec 30, 2003
Thank you for your input.

One more question: How about two (2) work computers + 1 home computer?

Actually, I have 2 offices here at work. Again, only 1 is used at a time.

Thanks again…
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Nick_Decker
Dec 30, 2003
Kent, according to the license agreement, nope.
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dave_milbut
Dec 30, 2003
How about two (2) work computers + 1 home computer?

nope. 1 home. 1 work. officially, you’ll need another license to install on a 3rd system. although there’s been debate on this, (machine license vs. user license), the license (user agreement) itself is clear… but the answers we’ve recieved about a 3rd activation on a system that will never be used at the same time as the other 2 have been vague. there’s also been talk of a "deactivation" mechanism in the works, that would allow this kind of use. since only 2 machines would be activated at a time, adobe could ensure they weren’t being used against the license.

hope that helps! 🙂
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kentwolf
Dec 30, 2003
Got it.

Thank you everyone!

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