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The prohibition applies to 'any means,' making it a broad restriction that covers technical workarounds as well as other methods of circumventing usage limits.
Readers are prohibited from using any method whatsoever to bypass the usage limitations Databricks has established.
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"(c) use any means to bypass usage limitations...Excerpt from Databricks's AI Acceptable Use Policy
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The prohibition applies to 'any means,' making it a broad restriction that covers technical workarounds as well as other methods of circumventing usage limits.
Readers are prohibited from using any method whatsoever to bypass the usage limitations Databricks has established.
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