[gary osborne]

Dimis…..One vote for Blas and I’m betting one for Obama in Nov.

Yep…you caught me. I admit that I am among the diminishing numbers of people who still get up in the morning, go to work, work hard for what I have and don’t believe in stealing from others. I believe that there is a place in the world for integrity and fairness. I do not believe that just because you want something that someone else worked hard for, you have the right to take it away from them and get it for free.

Tell you what….there are all kinds of manuals and books at your local car parts store. Most have a fairly extensive library. Go on in there and load up and try walking out without paying for them. After all, there is surely information in them that addresses safety issues with cars and YOU deserve to have it right?

As for this specific issue.

1) Blas signed a binding contract that said in exchange for numerous privileges, including but not limited to access to certain technical information, he would not steal it and publish it. He broke that contract.

2) Sharing information CAN create certain liabilities for the author if it is shared as “fact” and someone acts on the information and it is determined later to be wrong. So not only did he break a contract, he put himself and others at risk on liability issues.

3) The information he published illegally is old outdated information and is WRONG. So while YOU think he may have “saved some dude”, the reality is that he may have hurt more that he saved.

I have no issue if he wants to share something he learned with others. That is selfless and admirable. But that does not excuse stealing and or breaching a contract for personal gain, even if that gain has no monetary benefit to anyone. There are right ways and wrong ways to handle almost any issue. Integrity dictates proper procedures.

If Blas really wants to help people, get him to GIVE you his wiring diagram for free. How dare he charge for such a thing. There are all sorts of safety issues that are controlled by electronics in our cars. Everyone has the RIGHT to get that for free based on your opinion and his actions. Of course, I already have the wiring diagram that I bought and paid for with my hard earned money. But I never felt like I deserved to reap the benefits of Blas’s labor for free.

You tight wad penny pinching socialists kill me.