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In my honest opinion I can tell you the following. 1) You cannot use cracked software to publish, in my case I use software cracked just to personal use and for nothing else, for instance if I want to publish something (I work a lot with STATA) I write all the commands and script on my personal computer, of course I test everything in order to be Ok, but in order to get all the tables, graphics, etc I use my university computers which are fully licensed. The second way is, as said before, using freeware or open source, there is one extra way, but I do not fully know all the possible consequences but can you use trial software?? I really do not know about this I am just guessing. 2) I think it is really hard to publish just by yourself in a reputed journal (not impossible, but really hard), because every reputed journal asks for contributions to current knowledge, therefore if you do not have the proper guide, sometimes it is really hard to adequately address this contributions in a really innovative way. It is common to see one-author published articles when he/she is well known in his/her respective field. I hope it helps

Hi msig000, Your question is very relevant. There are several aspects to consider. If after the publication your article, you earn money, then you are in illegally and you may have some rights issues. In the other side, if it's only an article study or a publication analysis result made​​, then it is possible to do so without risk. As also said jcarcamo, you can also play the card that you are using a trial version. I take the example of the Ussein Nasser book that is the author of PacktPub Editor "Learning ArcGIS geodatabases" and "Administering ArcGIS Server" in which he uses evaluation versions. Anyway, earning money from crack app is not a good idea. Hope that our point of you help you to take your decision. darksabersan.

I know in some institution you can request some particular software, or you may contact the vendor to get some special license for education in my opinion, there is no novice or expert, if you write some scientific journal (not plagiarism, must be your own research) and you pass on their screening and editorial then you can publish it, just read their requirement and fulfill it, I think you can publish it IMHO PS, yes you can discuss anything in off topic, but please keep civil