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Originally Posted by davepl
That'd be a pretty blatant violation of the licensing agreement, even if it worked. You're likely not the kind of guy who would shoplift the interface, so don't heist the software that goes with it... if you meant for widespread use. If you really mean literally 2 ECMs, then it comes with enough credits for that already.
There are probably legal implications of flashing multiple different vehicles with the same VIN (though I don't know for sure), though if those ECMs never go in other vehicles, that's probably fine I'd imagine.
I think it's pay to play. These companies made great tools and set a price. Pick from the menu, but it is what it is. Like I said the HPTuners box should come with enough credits to do 2-3, as I've done my Escalade and C6 and read my C7 without additional credits.
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The EULA [1] only specifies that you can run the software on one computer -- I'm not talking about doing anything otherwise and really their business model looks like monetization of the hardware and credits while giving the software out for free. After all you can install a fully featured demo, it's just useless without credits and the hardware.
I am the kind of guy that's likely to tinker with my ECM and break it, and to me one vehicle should mean that I can replace my broken ECM if/when that happens in my vehicle.
What they seem to have in mind with their licensing is a tunershop that tunes vehicles that actually came stock with the ECM. They don't seem to have a concept of LS conversions that have no case what the VIN is, which makes sense because there is no way for them to limit the use of their hardware without some unique key to lock it to.
I think that's all a moot point though as it seems like the model/year license would technically allow me to flash unlimited ECMs as long as I can find a supply... which is also probably not what they had in mind when creating their licensing structure but technically within the scope of the license.
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https://www.hptuners.com/help/introd..._agreement.htm