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Comment by tclancy

20 hours ago

Wait, why wouldn’t you post it/ write it up?

If you release it people expect you to support it an answer questions. Some of them are not even nice about it. It pays to release this only if there is a group of people who will be constructive in helping make it better, otherwise it is a thankless effort.

The difference in ethics between reverse engineering something to be able to fully use/repair it vs. reverse engineering something to clone it. Also violating a license agreement I freely accepted and exposing myself to liability for IP theft. But is the IP just gatekeeping vehicle manufacturers hiding information from owners or is the IP the creation of this tool company or is it something in between