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Citing ongoing litigation, Adobe is warning its customers of legal problems if they keep using old versions of Creative Cloud apps. It has not stated yet with whom or what it has the dispute, but early indicators suggest that it may be over copyright. Going forward Adobe is only supporting the two most recent versions of its Creative Cloud services.
"Adobe recently discontinued certain older versions of Creative Cloud applications. Customers using those versions have been notified that they are no longer licensed to use them and were provided guidance on how to upgrade to the latest authorized versions," said Adobe in a statement to AppleInsider.
"Unfortunately, customers who continue to use or deploy older, unauthorized versions of Creative Cloud may face potential claims of infringement by third parties. We cannot comment on claims of third-party infringement, as it concerns ongoing litigation."
Instead, users are receiving the equivalent of a cease and desist email, informing them that the apps that they are using are discontinued.
Gimp and Darktable are not perfect replacements but may be close enough for many hobbyists and maybe a handful of professionals.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 15 2019, @04:30PM
The poster to whom you responded was talking about Darktable, not GIMP.
On the other hand, destructive editing has the advantage of requiring fewer resources. I prefer GIMP to non-destructive editors (even those which are open source) for that reason and because of a few basic features it offers, which are not offered in Photoshop and other image editors. Also, Since it is open source, it is easy to install and there is no aggravation from registration nor licensing nor subscription. Of course, GIMP is free to use and free from spy ware (doesn't "phone home").
In addition, there are many acclaimed Photoshop features that originated in GIMP and other open source software. Actually, right now there are basic, very useful features that GIMP possesses for which Photoshop users must do "work-arounds" to duplicate.
Open source is usually where one finds the cutting edge.