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Old 12-28-2012, 02:49 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by xjohnx View Post
If this solution works as dwx said (plaintext XML), then the tuners selling tunes would be crazy TO adopt this. Once a customer buys a tune, there would be nothing stopping that person from from copying/reselling the tune as their own, or even uploading it to the web for BRZ owners everywhere to download.
That's the way most tuning solutions work, as opposed to Ecutek where you have maps locked to cars. Tuners normally make money tuning, not selling maps, which is one of the big rubs on Ecutek. Most tuners don't really even like the hassle involved with Ecutek and having to generate maps for specific customers, etc. With open source, Cobb AccessPort, or even standalones the maps are pretty open for everyone to use.
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