Windows Media Player user license extensions

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From: Philip Rowlands <phr@doc.ic.ac.uk>

> There is no such thing as unlicensed use of software. You can't be
> innocently using it without a license, so yes, guilty until innocent.

If I write some software myself where do I obtain the license before
I can use or copy it ?   Unlicensed software is fine right up to the
moment the author-distributor attaches conditions to it, if ever.