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Abusing referrals or promotions for the Services, for example to get more credits than deserved.
Assist or permit any persons in engaging in any of the activities described above
use the Services in a manner that may create a conflict of interest or undermine the purposes of the Services, such as trading reviews with other users or writing or soliciting fake reviews
"using GitHub as a platform for propagating abuse on other platformsExcerpt from GitHub's Acceptable Use Policies
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The clause states: “using GitHub as a platform for propagating abuse on other platforms”
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