With regards Nortons frustration with Omex, my memory is a little sketchy but I seem to recall a falling out with Omex over some misappropriation of the AMSCI funding they received via Norton. If I'm wrong on that, any Norton employee reading this that knows better, feel free to correct me via PM. As far as I'm aware though, Omex is also now under new management.....so I'm not so sure why New-Norton would have frustrations with New-Omex...this is getting confusing lol.
Onto the subject of freely handing out software....why would they? Companies dont like people playing around with their products beyond their control, especially if there's a risk of expense to themselves. Phone up Ducati, ask them for their software....or Ford, fire them an email asking for log in details to etis-ids. Ive had to try and do some reading on this, as its not something Ive really had to think about before...apart from when I worked for various car dealerships, but the car worlds quite a way ahead of the bike world. So euro4 motorcycles required obd1....Norton used an obd2 plug, but the lack of connectivity leads you to believe it follows obd1 protocols....anyone know better? Euro 5 will take it to obd2, which should be more accessible. I'll have another read later this evening.