I reinstalled Winbolo to check the EULA. There was none. Just to let you know, and I want to see one. The skinning that was going on for a while with 1.13 was allowed, and that modifies the Winbolo.exe. IS That allowed? Just wondering, because it looks cooler with custom skins matching your theme in Windows.
Jason#8
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hrm, after reading this .... seems that hacking is not mentioned in any way shape or form .. so .. sounds like hacking is acceptable to me. on the other hand, creating skins and putting them into the .exe file is not hence not being allowed to create derivative works. (BTW, skinning started long before 1.13 and was never "allowed") sounds to me like winbolo is in need of a better EULA. becuase that one sucks, who writes "may" and "may not's" in point form in a legal document?.....
Min
oh cmon...every1 knows that....
