> I mean the .fw/.ihex files, you have really not seen them?

Not from E Ink. .fw is from Freescale. Never seen any .ihex E Ink waveform data file. Could you point to an actual example since you seem to imply it is very common?

> They are not redistributable, and eInk DMCAs attempts at hosting them;

Could you show me an eInk DMCA?