The thread title is a little misleading...it should be something more like "The backroom politics of Ecutek"


OpenECU is a generic term used to desribe a movement not a specific software suite.
EcuEdit is the one that I believe EcuTek is targeting with lawsuits and such (as per my conversation with Ben @ Ecutek).

It should not be confused with Enginuity. Enginuity is a free, open source application created for viewing, editing and tuning Engine Control Units (ECUs). Coding on Enginuity began in November, 2005, and is now continuing to grow into a full featured tuning suite.

Enginuity is written in Java and, as of version .20 alpha, uses XML to define ECU versions, meaning it is infinitely extensible and can support any ECU you can retrieve an image from. Any information stored in your ECU (timing advance, fueling, boost, etc) may be altered, making your stock ECU nearly as powerful as expensive stand-alone units, better than piggy back units, and more functionality than commercial software costing in the thousands of dollars.