Terms of use
The terms for using the tools and pages on johnmcm.com, kept short.
Last updated 9 November 2026
Using the site
johnmcm.com is run by John McMillan Consulting LLC in the United States (about the site). The tools are free to use and need no account. By using the site you agree to these terms; if you do not, please do not use it.
Provided as is
The site and its tools are provided as is, without warranty of any kind. They are tested with real files, but a conversion, repair or preview can still go wrong, or come out differently from the program that made the file. Keep your original, and check the result before you rely on it. As far as the law allows, John McMillan Consulting LLC is not liable for any loss or damage that comes from using the site, including lost or damaged files or data.
Your files
Use the tools only on files you have the right to use. Opening, unlocking or converting a document does not give you any rights over it that you did not already have, and copyright still applies to what is in it. What happens to your files is set out in the privacy policy.
Fair use of the site
Do not use the site to break the law, to attack it or anyone else, to overload it with automated requests, or to get around its limits. The parts that use this site's server (ZIP to Text, the Citation Generator's web lookups and the feedback form) have limits on how often they can be used, and abuse may be blocked.
Other people's work
Many tools are built on open source projects, listed with their licences on the open source licences page. Some tools fetch libraries or models from other services, named in the privacy policy; their own terms apply to those. Product names on this site belong to their owners and are used only to say which files a tool works with.
Changes and contact
These terms may change; the date at the top shows when they last did. Questions: webmaster@johnmcm.com.