I live in Australia and wrote Heimdall[1], an open-source reverse engineered tool for flashing Samsung phones.

I can assure you, I am not looking forward to the TPP!

[1] https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall

Thanks for Heimdall. Samsung really don't seem to like developers that much, and Heimdall was a godsend when I had an S3.

What's wrong with odin? Other than the moral aspects of using leaked software?

I think Odin was Windows only, there were multiple old versions floating around and how do you know what you're really running? (as Administrator, too)

Heimdall has saved my S3 & Note2 quite a few times! Thank you!

Sad, really, given that the courts here have already ruled that circumvention is your right on equipment that you own.

Australia has some of the best reverse engineering laws currently. Those four kids reverse the Sydney train system legally (they did responsibly disclose n such).

?? link please?

Is this retroactive though ? Does it apply to everything that was created before?

Continued publication could be construed as an ongoing matter. IANAL.