Terms of Service

Last reviewed on 2026-04-28

1. Acceptance of terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of AcceptEncoding.com ("the Site"). By accessing the Site you agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

2. Use of content

The Site publishes reference material on HTTP compression. Content is provided for informational and educational purposes. You may:

  • View and read pages for personal or professional use.
  • Share links to pages.
  • Quote short excerpts with attribution to AcceptEncoding.com and a link to the source page.

3. Code samples

Configuration snippets and code samples on this Site are intended to be copied into your own projects. Unless explicitly marked otherwise on a specific page, code samples are made available under the MIT License. You may use, modify, and redistribute them, including in commercial projects, with no obligation to credit the Site — though a comment pointing back to the source page is appreciated.

Code is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. You are responsible for testing samples in your own environment before deploying them.

4. Intellectual property in editorial content

The textual prose, page structure, and design elements on the Site are protected by copyright. You may not:

  • Reproduce entire pages or substantial portions of editorial text on another site without permission.
  • Use Site content as training data for commercial AI products without a separate licence.
  • Scrape or mass-download content in ways that interfere with normal Site operation.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Site to:

  • Violate any applicable law or regulation.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site, its hosting infrastructure, or any related system.
  • Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Site without express permission.
  • Interfere with the Site's operation, including by submitting malformed requests at unreasonable rates.

6. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND UNINTERRUPTED AVAILABILITY. While the Site aims to keep information current, network protocols, server defaults, and third-party APIs change over time and pages may not reflect the very latest behaviour at every moment.

7. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall AcceptEncoding.com or its operators be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising from your use of the Site or its content. This includes, without limitation, damages caused by deploying a configuration snippet to a production system without testing it first.

8. External links

The Site links to third-party documentation, RFCs, vendor sites, and tools. We are not responsible for the content, availability, or privacy practices of those external sites.

9. Advertising and analytics

The Site is supported in part by display advertising and uses analytics to measure readership. Specific cookie use, opt-out controls, and the AdSense disclosure are documented in the Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy. By using the Site you acknowledge those practices.

10. Changes to these Terms

These Terms may be updated to reflect changes in Site practice or applicable law. The "Last reviewed on" date at the top indicates the current version. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

11. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [Jurisdiction], without regard to conflict-of-law principles. To the extent permitted by law, any dispute arising from or relating to your use of the Site will be brought exclusively in the courts of that jurisdiction.

12. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full effect, and the unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

13. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to [email protected].