Student User: Buying CS3 and Macromedia

Question

I am a student and I'm considering buying CS3. As best I
understand, students could use CS2 educational even to make money,
with the exception of the Macromedia suite, which is only for
"educational" purposes and not for "commercial." (This is what I
understand from
https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/index.cfm?event=displayEduConditions&store=OL S-EDU
and
http://www.adobe.com/education/purchasing/faq.html
quoted below.) My question is whether CS3 will keep the same
policy. I'd like to do some paid work using both the design suite
(Photoshop, InDesign, etc.) and the Macromedia suite (or at least
Dreamweaver). But I have to figure out whether I need to buy just
the design suite educational version and get the Dreamweaver
commercial version, or whether I need to get both educational or
both commercial.
In other words, the basic question is whether anyone knows
which route the new educational EULA will take:
1. Adobe programs can be used commercially, but Macromedia
programs can't.
2. Both educational versions can be used commercially.
3. Neither educational version can be used commercially.
If anyone already has the newest versions, maybe they can
just look at the End User License Agreement and help me out.
http://www.adobe.com/education/purchasing/faq.html
Student question
"I'm very interested in buying the Education version of Adobe
Creative Suite, but first I want to know if the software can be
used to produce work for paying customers once I am working in the
industry, or do I have to buy a different version of Creative Suite
once I'm working in the industry?”
Answer
Good news! You can use Adobe Education software (any title!)
to produce commercial/professional paid-for work when you leave
school, or even while you are in school. In this regard, Adobe does
not limit how student software is used. So students can use it to
learn and to make money!
(Of course, students must agree to the terms of the End User
Licensing Agreement — which appears during installation
— just as every software customer must do.)
https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/index.cfm?event=displayEduConditions&store=OLS -EDU
What are the restrictions in using education versions of
Adobe products?
A customer may only purchase one copy of any product.
Education versions of Former Macromedia products only (Studio 8,
Dreamweaver, Flash, etc.) are intended for instructional and
administrative purposes only and may not be used for any commercial
purpose.

Answer 1

The way I read it, the new CS3 package with dreamweaver now
comes under the
Adobe policy - which states that Adobe educational software
cane be used for
commercial use. It also states that you can upgrade the
educational
software to the commercial version. So if you buy CS3 Web
student version
then you can upgrade to CS4 commercial when you have finished
college
(assuming that the next version will be CS4...)
Sounds like a good deal to me (saving >50%)
http://www.adobe.com/education/purchasing/faq.html
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"NathanDesigner" <[email protected]> wrote
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news:evokhe$79t$[email protected]..
> Thanks for the response. So what about using the
Dreamweaver that ships
> with the educational design suite of CS3 for commercial
work? Also, do
> you have a URL for the web info you mentioned?