Quote Originally Posted by REDace0 View Post
When it was "free to play" it was only free to play for people who already bought the game unless you're talking about open beta. If he can get the client installed and patched he just has to start paying sub fees.
This is correct. If he was playing at all after release all he has to do is go into his account info and sign up for service. You can probably find the client itself for download somewhere if he's like me and joined with a buddy pass.