No, you can create Access run-times with the Office Developers Edition. This allows you to distribute standard mdbs or mdes without the user having a copy of Access installed on their PC.
Some compatability problems may occur if you install a run-time from one version of Access on a system with another version installed. If you plan to go through the trouble of creating run-times, you might want to consider using the scripts available at
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