Terms of Service

Effective date: 2026-05-13
Last reviewed on: 2026-05-13

1. Acceptance of these terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the website at linuxtoday.net ("the website", "we", "us"). By accessing or using the website you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

2. The service

The website provides reference articles, tutorials and topic overviews relating to Linux and open source software. It is provided free of charge for informational and educational purposes. There is no user account, no subscription and no transactional element.

3. Acceptable use

3.1 Permitted use

You may:

  • Read and learn from the content on the website.
  • Share links to articles for personal or non-commercial use.
  • Use, adapt and redistribute the original written content under the licence described below, with appropriate attribution.

3.2 Prohibited use

You may not:

  • Use automated tools to scrape the website at a rate that disrupts its normal operation.
  • Republish content in a way that misrepresents its source or implies the author endorses your views.
  • Use any content from the website in connection with spam, phishing, malware distribution or other illegal activities.
  • Remove or alter copyright, licence or attribution notices.
  • Attempt to circumvent any security measures, or use the website to attack other services.

4. Intellectual property and licensing

4.1 Original content

Unless otherwise noted, original written content on the website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence. Subject to that licence, you are free to share and adapt the material, provided you give appropriate credit, indicate any changes made, and distribute your contributions under the same licence.

4.2 The site name, logo and design

The "LinuxToday" name and the site logo are not covered by the content licence above. The visual design of the website is also reserved.

4.3 Third-party material

Some content may be quoted, attributed or linked from third-party sources. That material is the property of its original owner and is used subject to fair-dealing/fair-use principles or to the original licence.

4.4 Trademarks

Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Ubuntu is a trademark of Canonical Ltd. Fedora is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc. Other trademarks mentioned on the website remain the property of their respective owners and are used for identification only.

5. Disclaimer of warranties

The website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of accuracy, completeness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

Technical content disclaimer

Technical guides and reference pages on the website describe operations that, if applied incorrectly, can cause data loss, downtime or hardware misbehaviour. Before running anything you read here:

  • Test on a non-production system first.
  • Back up data you are not willing to lose.
  • Read commands before executing them; understand what they do.
  • Where the website's information conflicts with official upstream documentation, the upstream documentation wins.

You remain responsible for your own systems and the consequences of changes you make to them.

6. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its operators will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including loss of data, profits, revenue or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with your use of the website. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in such cases, our liability is limited to the smallest amount permitted by law.

7. External links

The website contains links to third-party websites for reference and convenience. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, privacy practices or behaviour of those sites. Following a link is at your own risk.

8. Privacy

Your use of the website is also governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy, which are incorporated into these Terms by reference.

9. Advertising

The website may display advertising, including through Google AdSense. Advertisements are clearly marked. The display of an advertisement does not imply endorsement of the advertiser, and the choice of editorial topics is independent of any advertising relationship.

10. Changes to the website and to these Terms

We may modify, add to or remove content from the website at any time and without notice. We may also update these Terms; the "Last reviewed on" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the website after a change indicates acceptance of the updated Terms.

11. Termination

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend or block access to the website for any user whose use materially violates these Terms or applicable law. Because the website does not host user accounts, this generally takes the form of network-level blocks.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the website operator is established, without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the use of the website will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of that jurisdiction, subject in every case to any mandatory consumer protection laws applicable to you in your country of residence.

13. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

14. Entire agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy and Disclaimer, constitute the entire agreement between you and the website regarding its use.

15. Contact

For questions about these Terms, write to [email protected]. Other contact methods are listed on the contact page.

These Terms are provided for informational purposes and are not legal advice. If you are operating a website similar to this one, please consult a legal professional for advice tailored to your circumstances and jurisdiction.