by Medley on Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:27 am
No, it is not illegal. Adobe's license and terms of usage specifically state that you are allowed to install up to five copies on portable devices, assuming of course that they're your personal devices.
The one caveat to this is that since all the copies essentially have the same registration code, you cannot run more than one copy at a time. If you try to launch a second, Photoshop tells you that there is already a copy with that registration running, and the program shuts down.
As to your other question, yes, you can copy it over directly and use it as a standalone. However, you will find that you lose several filters, any plug-ins, and some commands by using this method.
I wish i could be more specific, but it's been some time since I used it that way. As I recall though, the commands lost were of the actions/scripts variety. You still end up with a usable version of Photoshop, albeit a "bare bones" version.
The last time I had any personal experience with this is when I set up my laptop. I strarted my desktop computer in target drive mode and copied several apps over directly. Uninstalling and reinstalling from the disks corrected the problem. However, I used the watered down version for about a week before reinstalling.
Anyway, I hope this helps.
- Joe U.
There are only 10 types of people in this world- those who understand binary, and those who don't.
