Apparently the whole “Free download” has made quite a stir on the internet. People were happy to finally go “legal” in some cases, even with old software. Sure, the Mac version wouldn’t work on any new Mac (post 2006) anyway, but FREE is free right? Well, no. No it’s not.
You have heard wrong! Adobe is absolutely not providing free copies of CS2!
What is true is that Adobe is terminating the activation servers for CS2 and that for existing licensed users of CS2 who need to reinstall their software, copies of CS2 that don’t require activation but do require valid serial numbers are available.
So there you have it. I knew it was too good to be true, especially for a company like Adobe ;)