these are 2 different things imo. - to look at some product and create something similar on your own - and to peek into code samples and steal the basic implementation of a function.
the difference is the research you do and it is very easy to steal something and then pose yourself as our saviour to share your 'researches'. Not quite ethic i think. If you wanna build a util that can read and write ROM on F3 drives, take the time and look into the original fw, find the parts that are associated with these functions and write your code yourself, then publish it (if you want after all that). I know exactly what it takes, it is possible, i built it too. It is not neccessary to get docs from manufacturers to implement any function, i get no such thing either, still developed quite a few things myself. I am not against building such tools, but this way is is not ethic and it has nothing to do with research. I believe you have the skills to do this research yourself, and you don't need to steal info from others.
pepe
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