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Adobe stops software licence audits in Americas, Europe

     
5:47 pm on Aug 12, 2016 (gmt 0)

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Adobe has stopped doing software licence audits in most parts of the world, according to Gartner research director Stephen White.

White recently blogged about Adobe's decision, writing that “These programs were closed in the North America, Japan and Latin America markets as of November 2015. Closure of the EMEA program is currently underway; the company states it will maintain audit/compliance programming only in select markets throughout APAC.

Adobe, however, refused to answer The Register's questions on the matter or to confirm the change.

Now White has told us that Gartner was first told about the end of audits by a third party and later confirmed the change with Adobe itself.

[theregister.co.uk...]

Upshot is that Adobe as Software As A Service allows the company to more accurately see what its customers are dong ... and making money hand over fist compared to the licensing version.
9:51 am on Aug 23, 2016 (gmt 0)

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What does this mean to me if I've been sitting on legitimately licensed Photoshop and a Lightroom packages (even in boxes) I'd bought from Adobe a while back, but never built the proper machine for them, so they've been sitting, waiting.

What are the implications of the closed licence audits? Am I going to have any trouble installing these when the time comes in the next two or three months... or am I simply spared a series of phone calls?
 

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