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Originally Posted by homemade87
It is a rare case to see a pcm locked . If it is locked you need to oust who ever it is . There is no good reason to lock a pcm that you own and can no longer make adjustments . .
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Rare? Not at all, and especially not with "big brand" tunes. The reason to lock a tune isn't for the benefit of the customer, its protection for intellectual property of the tuner. While IP itself sparks debate, it is the reason the HPT included that feature.
This is to prevent people from copy-n-pasting professional tunes, or from posting their tunes to a place like the HPT forum. You own the PCM, but as defined by the HPT credit system, you are licensing that software. You do NOT own the right to decompile or make code changes to the software itself. Just the same, you are paying for the
service of a tuner. Essentially, this ends up being much like the "can I share a game I bought with my friends" debate that exists in modern media.
If you were to buy a vehicle like a Nicky Camaro, they would use a stock GM PCM, but it will be locked. IIRC, places like AMS or Speed Inc do the same. There are exceptions with certain vehicles that use an open-source tuning system (EVO's for example). For late model Fords or Subaru's, the Cobb tuning device is very popular, but if you "flash" their tune onto your ECM, its locked until you return it to stock.