Terms of use
1. Acceptance
By using this site you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site.
2. What this site is
readelf.com provides reference documentation and browser-based tools for inspecting ELF binaries. It is an informational resource. It is not a security audit, a compliance assessment, or professional engineering advice, and no output from it should be treated as any of those things.
3. No warranty
The site and the tools are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Technical content is written carefully and tested, but no guarantee is given that it is free of errors or that it applies to your particular system, distribution version or configuration.
Tool output is derived from static analysis of file metadata. It cannot know whether a program will behave correctly at runtime, whether the target host has the libraries it needs, or whether a binary is safe to execute.
4. Acceptable use
You may use the site for any lawful purpose. You may not:
- attempt to disrupt, overload or gain unauthorised access to the service;
- use automated means to scrape the site in a way that degrades it for others;
- republish substantial portions of the written content as your own;
- use the site in a way that violates applicable law or the rights of others.
5. Analysing binaries you do not own
The tools are intended for analysing software you are authorised to inspect — your own builds, open-source packages, or files you are engaged to assess. Whether you are permitted to examine a given binary is a legal question for you and your jurisdiction; the tools do not execute the files you open, and that alone does not make an examination lawful.
6. Intellectual property
The written guides, the site design and the tool implementations are the property of the site operator. Short quotations with a link back are welcome. Code samples in the guides may be used freely in your own work without attribution.
7. Third-party links and services
The site links to external documentation and, through advertising, embeds third-party content. Those parties are outside our control; their terms and privacy policies apply to them, and no responsibility is accepted for their content or practices.
8. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the site operator is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for any loss of data, profits or business, arising from the use of or inability to use this site. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the greater of the amount you paid to use the site (which is zero) and the minimum required by applicable law.
9. Availability
The site runs on self-hosted hardware and is offered without any service level commitment. It may be unavailable at any time for maintenance, hardware failure or connectivity problems. Do not depend on it as part of any operational process.
10. Changes
These terms may be updated. The date at the top reflects the current version; material changes are noted on the changelog.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws applicable at the operator's principal place of business, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Nothing here removes rights you have under mandatory consumer protection law in your own country of residence.
12. Contact
Questions about these terms: [email protected].