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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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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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