License & usage terms

Hex Edit Proprietary License and Usage Terms
Copyright (c) 2026 Brian Scardina / Scardina Cyber Consulting. All rights reserved.

1. Free use of official binary releases
You may download, install, make reasonable backup copies of, and run unmodified
   official Hex Edit binary releases without charge for personal and commercial
   purposes. You remain responsible for your use and for having authorization to
   inspect, analyze or change any files. No purchase or subscription is required
   by this license. Third-party host or analysis products may have separate terms.

2. Public source; rights retained
The source repository is public for inspection and reference. It is not licensed
   as open-source software. Except for rights required by applicable law or the
   hosting platform's terms, modification, redistribution, sublicensing and
   distribution of derivative works of the proprietary Hex Edit source or binary
   require prior written permission from Brian Scardina / Scardina Cyber
   Consulting. No trademark rights are granted. GitHub's platform permissions for
   viewing and forking do not provide a general license to redistribute or modify
   this software outside those permissions.

3. Third-party components
Node.js, MCP dependencies and other third-party components retain their own
   licenses and notices. Nothing in these terms limits rights granted by those
   licenses. REA, Ghidra, Java and qpdf are separate products; this release does
   not redistribute them or grant rights to them.

4. Preview status and responsibility
Preview releases may have incomplete qualification and known limitations. Static
   analysis is not proof of program behavior or the correctness of a patch. Keep
   independent backups and inspect release notes before use. This license makes
   no commitment to updates, support, uptime or continued availability.

5. Warranty and liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED
   "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
   MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
   TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER IS
   NOT LIABLE FOR CLAIMS, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR CONNECTED
   WITH THE SOFTWARE OR ITS USE. Rights that cannot lawfully be excluded remain
   unaffected.

Permissions, support and security reports: brian@scardina.cc