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This prohibition prevents customers and users from leveraging Atlassian's own products as a development platform to create competitive alternatives, protecting Atlassian's commercial interests.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is a short fragment without surrounding context confirming it is a prohibition (e.g., 'Customer must not'). The clause name and type strongly indicate it is a prohibition, but the quoted text alone does not contain the prohibitory verb. Confidence is medium for this reason.
You cannot use Atlassian's products as a tool or platform to develop any product or service that is similar to or competes with Atlassian's offerings.
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"use the Products to develop a similar or competing product or serviceExcerpt from Atlassian's Cloud Terms
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This prohibition prevents customers and users from leveraging Atlassian's own products as a development platform to create competitive alternatives, protecting Atlassian's commercial interests.
You cannot use Atlassian's products as a tool or platform to develop any product or service that is similar to or competes with Atlassian's offerings.
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