Extended user rights and 500 users limits on a PDF Form

Hello,
I read that there's 500 users limits for using extended user rights on Acrobat Pro 9.
Here's my situation:
- I built an application PDF form with extended user rights for Adobe Reader users to save the form. And I'm going to be hosting it on the web for users to download the PDF form to their local hard drive.
- The form will have a button to submit to a web page with a script for processing FDF, XFDF, XML, or HTP form export.
My question is:
1. Would it be violating the 500 users limits if more than 500 users download the form and save the PDF after filling out fields, but not submit the data back to the server?
2. What would happen if more than 500 responses are received through above method? Would new visitors still be able to save the PDF form for their archive purpose after downloading it from our web site?
Thanks.

Can Adobe's licensing department define "extract"? I know there is a lot of confusion here and I'm trying to understand.
Here is our scenario: We have developed an Adobe fillable form which we will be sending to 1000 customers. Customers can open the form (in Reader v9.5 and greater) and fill out the form, validate it and then print it. The customers are not sending the PDF files back to us and the PDF data is not being collected so there is no data we can extract from Adobe files (we are not that advanced yet). Customers will just print the information, then fax or send back to us by U.S. Mail.
When we receive the completed information (via fax/mail, not PDF), we read information off our form. Does Adobe consider reading our information “extracting” with our eyes? I’m not sure how they can consider that extracting? I would think Adobe owns the mechanism (aka PDF file) for validating our content, but they wouldn’t own the content on our form if we want to physically read it, right?
Adobe needs to clarify this more clearly and I’ve ready their interpretation of the Policy, but it doesn’t address this scenario. http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/pdfs/Reader_Extension_Policy_A10-5-31-2011.pdf
George, I don't think you are an Adobe Employee. I see you are a MVP, but you are not officiall speaking for Adobe are you?
---Thanks.

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