Student version upgrade?

Yes, from Student CS3 to retail CS4.
The reason is because I understood that the student version of Design Premium is not meant for commercial use.

Hmmm... Good question. I tried to find some documentation on this topic internally, but couldn't. There are various flavors of our educational SKUs. We have site licenses for K-12 and higher eduction where the educational institutions hold the licenses. Then we have skus for compasses who act as resellers, under which the student holds the license.

Do you have a copy of the EULA that came with yours?

I'll try to find an expert on this after you reply. Cheers!

I reviewed the Creative Suite CS4 EULA here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/p...

This notes a couple of exceptions for Educational licenses. The most significant that I found was that you cannot transfer your Educational license to another user, as you can with a standard version with a bit of paperwork.

There's nothing I found in this EULA to indicate that you cannot use the product to make profit. Keep in mind, this is not the same EULA as would apply if the license is owned by the school as part of a volume licensing deal.

I'm not sure if it is possible, however I think I can confirm that student products can't be used commercially as adobe stated "Student edition products may not be used for commercial gain or resold" on a note that came with my flash cs4 student.

I'm with the same problem, I have the CS3 master collection student edition and i want to use ir for commercial use, can I?

Review the EULA as described above. And, again, this assumes you are the owner of the license. It might be different if you are using a license owned by the school.

Thanks. I've seen the EULA and theres nothing against the use for commercial purposes. But why adobe website says I can't?

Can you please provide the link on Adobe's website you are referring to?

the link is here. http://www.adobe.com/education/studen...
I can use it if in north america only, other contries can't...this is weird...
I've bought my adobe software from north america but i live in europre...
What applies to me?

PS: A friend of me has a store and ask me to do his website. I can do it or not?

Natenine,
I'm sorry to hear about this limitation for outside of North America. My guess is that this is due to the complexity of so many laws for different countries. I can't advise you on questions of legality, but I would expect that work that doesn't create income would not be considered "commercial".

Hello, along the same lines as you've been talking about- I have a student license that I am the owner of. I am a Graphic Designer and my husband is a Videographer. We share the same private computer and we're hoping to use the same software. Can you verify if he's permitted to use it for commercial purposes as well?

I do some work with Adobe on the Student Editions of Creative Suite 4 - I can confirm that the Creative Suite 4 Student Editions license does in fact allow you to create commercial content, within North America only. The Student Editions come with a discount of up to 80% off the commercial price.

I also suggest checking out http://studenteditions.adobe.com - they have FAQs and content there that can answer any questions you have about the Student Editions.

does the student version allows users to install it in 2 or more computers?

You can use the Student Editions of Creative Suite 4 in up to two computers - however, only one copy can be used at a time.

Hi I am from the UK and had a similar issue. Just received this from the Adobe live chat service "Adobe: I'm glad to inform you that from education version of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection, you can upgrade to commercial version of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection." Hope this helps. Nick