IL2 and Sound Modding

[jasonbirder]

OK, so the EULA is not tied to the license issue, HOWEVER, there is a law being broken (if license fees are not paid) and that's the point. Whether or not it's a EULA issue is irrelevant. The hack, to the best of my knowledge, redistributes the ENTIRE executable file and if that's not a "...substantial amount of code..." then I don't know what is. Even if the hack is/were just
a patch file it is still utilizing almost 100% of someone else's code.

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