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Originally Posted by Venatore
By the way I think they are in close talks with the game creators, which is allowing them to create these mods.
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Uh, that's completely false. Oleg has stated explicitly that he DOES NOT allow these modsifications and intends the next patch to block them.
Not that the intention behind them is bad, but generally modding without permission - and I say that as a modding forum moderator - exists by virtue of being in a grey area where the copyright holders of the game remain silent since it serves their interests to have the game modded. When the copyright holders and creators of the game themselves say no - and Oleg himself very clearly has - it goes from a grey area to a black (i.e. illegal) area. Whatever justifications may be made by the modders, their effort or the quality of their products DO NOT make what they do somehow "clean" or legit. For better or worse, it's a fact that when they installed the game, they explicitly agreed to conditions for its use. The ethics of going outside those conditions depend entirely on the copyright holders' and creators' wishes - and since here the answer was a resounding "no", well, it's a "no".
Sure you will not likely see people at your door with machineguns for this. It's none of our concern if you do or not, what you do is at your risk. Feel free to enjoy these "mods" if you feel right about it.
On the other hand as a clear violation of the EULA where, as Oleg's posts on the subject may have suggested, the creators may well be willing to pursue it legally - it cannot be condoned by Subsim.com. Which is why the above link will be remove - let's all agree that however you prefer your IL-2, and however legal, noone wants Neal to be getting a C&D letter for it.