Well hopefully something like this will be released soon, it would be nice if someone from altera and/or arrow would comment so that we would know if there is to be any future such developments or if we are still on our own for this type thing, but I don't really know how to go about asking besides posting on the forum like this.
I don't mind buying the chips from arrow but I still don't have the complete specs for the programmer so at this point it is not of any consequence...
Hopefully this thing is released soon. I feel a bit uneasy reverse engineering it without asking. I would rather just get some sort of official ruling on the programmer.