Does CutePDF Form Filler use Adobe Reader legally?

Hi,
I'm currently attempting to put together a simple form filling solution for a large client and just stumbled across CutePDF Form Filler on PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/156970/complete_pdf_forms_on_the_cheap_with_cutepdf_form_f iller.html
I've just tried it and it seems to do what we need, but I wonder whether the product is legal. My basic understanding was that if you're making use of Adobe Reader to display PDFs inside your application then you are not allowed to make alterations like saving filled in forms. That is, Adobe does not legally allow editing/saving PDFs using Adobe Reader - unless it's been 'enabled' by their Acrobat software.
Can any experts comment? Is it worth just staying away from it completely - or is what they're doing fine?
Thanks!
Paul

You will likely have to call the customer service or spend your time reading the EULA (and hopefully interpreting it right) if you want the detailed answer you are looking for. This is a Users forum and the folks from Adobe generally do not come out directly on the forum. The point of reading a PDF that has a public domain spec and making changes to it somewhere else should not be a problem. If you are trying to get around security or such, then there is a legal issue, but you did not suggest anything like that. I agree with Reinhard that the passing of Approval left a big hole for many users.

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