I think it's not important how but the principle, if we can speak about no-cd check we can not differ from who have the original CD and not. I think eidos-squaresoft tolerate mod only for original CD and speaking about copy protection can lead them to action against Quimm or worst against Aali and is incredible driver and I prefer have original FF with mod that a possible solution for cd-check without mod.
I hope to not hurt anyone but I already read about legal action and project lost for this and this is a very pity.
It's kind of Square-Enix fault for not re-releasing the game with an updated engine (ONLY!) on STEAM, I'd buy it a 3rd time just so I don't have to keep any media for the PC version anymore since may many computers don't have a DVD Drive anymore.
Plus I think the most valuable version is still the PS1 one with the original black label box, which i own of 'course.
Regarding Aali driver, it doesn't change the ff7.exe game file in any way, so his work is 100% clear.
Plus it helps everyone who has the game being able to play it with modern OS's, something Square-Enix did not do.
(Didn't Eidos even took a patch made by a user to fix the game before..?)
Also, don't bother to refer to it as Square-Eidos or something, Eidos was bought by Square quite some time ago, and think Eidos is also being renamed to Square-Enix Europe Inc. sometime soon.