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Originally Posted by vgi
1. tuners do NOT create any software, they do not own any IP of the tune, this software was written by manufacturers and then altered by tuning program developers, eg EcuTek (again, illegally unless they got it from manufacturers and also got permission to alter it). tuners just modify static data part of that software, no logical.
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Fair point, but the creation/modification of that static data is exactly what their livelihood depends on. I can understand the desire to protect their livelihood.
Just because it's not wise to directly copy a bespoke tune from one car to the next doesn't mean people won't do it and just live with something less than optimized. How many OFTs have been sold to twins owners? And how many of them went to a dyno to further dial in that tune? There's a very large number of people happy to get most of the available power rather than all of it.
And with some of the RaceROM features in EcuTek you actually are paying for their own IP.