In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:


from the freely available Windows version of Adobe Illustrator.

illustrator is not free nor has it ever been free.

"freely available" does not mean that it's "free".

It may have been better if Ragnusen Ultred had written "readily
available".

you are pirating it.

Not necessarily.

If you're downloading the tweaked versions from Adobe without actually
owning a licence, then yes, you are pirating it. The instructions on
Aodbe's download page specifically say you have to already own a
licence.

That was more or less my point. While piracy was probable it is not
necessarily piracy in every case. In saying "you are pirating it"
nospam had jumped to a conclusion which was not necessarily correct.

nope. i explained that.

the reality is that 'ultred' doesn't have a license and is pirating it.