📜 Terms of Use

Terms of Service

NFC Forge is open-source software distributed under the MIT License.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, installing, compiling, or using the NFC Forge mobile application and associated tools, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.

2. Open Source & License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

3. Responsible Use & Hardware Risk

NFC Forge provides low-level hardware access tools (including memory page writing, permanent lock bit modification, and password protection). You acknowledge and agree that:

Setting permanent lock bits or setting unknown passwords on NFC tags cannot be reversed if credentials are lost.
You are solely responsible for ensuring you have authorization to read, write, or format any physical tags or smart cards you scan with this application.
NFC Forge does not bypass or circumvent hardware encryption on secure transit or access control credentials.

4. Disclaimer of Warranty

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

5. Inquiries

For licensing questions or contributions, please visit github.com/rshamilton/FreeNFC.