Windows Media Player user license extensions

[Philip Rowlands]

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Derek Fawcus wrote:

>> There is no such thing as unlicensed use of software.
>Rubbish.
>
>The software I'm using to send this,  along with almost all of the
>software on the machine I'm using has no concept of a 'licence for use'.

I'd argue that your complilation (derivative work, probably by proxy),
and copying of the binary from distribution media to your hard disk
and/or RAM constitute "use". These are licensed acts under the GPL.

>> You can't be innocently using it without a license, so yes, guilty
>> until innocent.
>
>Which makes the backup's of any commercial software for which I've lost
>the original media completly worthless.

Not if you still have your license.


Cheers,

Phil