Amitoj has posted an update on the Adobe forums, here: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2630359
Here's the text if you don't want to go look: This is to announce that, as of 1 July 2019, Adobe Software Assurance (ASA) > or Maintenance and Support (M&S) perpetual channel licensing plans (new & > renewal) are being discontinued worldwide for the following products: > > 1. Adobe Technical Communication Suite > 2. Adobe FrameMaker > 3. Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server > 4. Adobe RoboHelp > 5. Adobe RoboHelp Server > > > Customers will still be able to purchase perpetual licenses of all the > above-mentioned products through Channel (Adobe authorized resellers) under > Transactional Licensing Program (TLP) and Cumulative Licensing Program > (CLP) even after 1 July 2019. Customers who are currently enrolled for > Adobe Software Assurance (ASA) or Maintenance and Support (M&S) plans for > any of the above-mentioned products will continue to avail of all the > benefits for these programs till the expiry date of the current contract. > > Additionally, customers will still be able to purchase Gold Support for > the perpetual licenses of all the above-mentioned products. I don't speak legalese or corporate-ese, so I'm not sure what this means. I'm asking techc...@adobe.com for clarification, since I, personally, own TCS as an individual on a perpetual license and if it's being moved to subscription only I may want to update to FM2019 now rather than wait for whatever comes next ... On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 8:20 AM Richard Melanson <rmelan...@highresbio.com> wrote: > Everyone, > > I heard that Adobe is discontinuing support for any type of upgrade for > perpetual licenses. The Adobe Software assurance is getting eliminated. Can > anyone confirm?? > > Rick > > > Richard Melanson > Technical Writer|HighRes Biosolutions > T:781.932.1912x1160|rmelan...@highresbio.com > www.highresbio.com??? > > This e-mail message may contain confidential information and may not be > used by anyone but the intended recipient. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or dissemination of this > message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, > please notify HighRes Biosolutions immediately by reply email. Then delete > this message from your system. Thank you.-----Original Message----- > From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+rmelanson= > highresbio....@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 8:16 AM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Installable FrameMaker > > Whichever license you buy, you always have to download and install it. > You can buy a one-year license for $360 (which you can pay up front or in > monthly installments of $30) or a permanent license for $1000. > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 11:55 PM Hedley Finger <hedley.fin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I've been away for a very long time. Is it possible to download FM > > with a licence and install it on your own computer? Or is only > > available by > > (crippling) monthly subscription? > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage > at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com