02-15-2008, 06:35 PM
What you are missing is that the bulk commercial licensed software is meant for sale to businesses or corporations. Large businesses have put pressure on the software companies to not require activation, they do not want to deal with it for 10's or 100's of installed copies. One commercial license is supposed to be used by only one company, not many separate individuals.
However, a certain number of these software packages are diverted, stolen, copied, or otherwise end up being sold to other than the intended end user. What I , and I guess others, suspect is that is what you just bought. The seller has a commercial copy and is selling it to many individuals, outside of the terms of the license agreement on the software. So the serial number may work, but you may run into problems down the line with updates and upgrades if Adobe determines that software with that serial number is being used outside license terms and deactivates the appropriate serial numbers(s).
However, a certain number of these software packages are diverted, stolen, copied, or otherwise end up being sold to other than the intended end user. What I , and I guess others, suspect is that is what you just bought. The seller has a commercial copy and is selling it to many individuals, outside of the terms of the license agreement on the software. So the serial number may work, but you may run into problems down the line with updates and upgrades if Adobe determines that software with that serial number is being used outside license terms and deactivates the appropriate serial numbers(s).