“You shall not, nor permit third parties to, use the Databricks Services...to: develop or offer a service, product, feature, functionality, or interface that substitutes for, replicates, replaces or circumvents any Databricks Services...”
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The obligation extends beyond the user's own conduct: users are also responsible for ensuring third parties they control or permit do not engage in the prohibited use.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses an ellipsis before the listed prohibition, indicating the provision contains additional prohibited uses not captured in this canonical claim, which focuses on the primary stated prohibition.
Readers are prohibited from using Databricks Services for this purpose and are also required to prevent third parties from doing so.
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The obligation extends beyond the user's own conduct: users are also responsible for ensuring third parties they control or permit do not engage in the prohibited use.
Readers are prohibited from using Databricks Services for this purpose and are also required to prevent third parties from doing so.
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