Fact is... this file (and many others) is protected.Thats nothing we will change. When you installed crossfire you also accepted the license agreement (you could never have installed the mod without accepting it) and this states under which terms the mod can be used.
files are not only protected coz of the MP people expect to get support from us when they have problems with the modbut when people start editing files we cant give any support anymore as we most likely will face problems which have nothing to do with the original version of the mod