“You may not use Cody for unlawful purposes or in violation of our Acceptable Use Policy.”
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The prohibition establishes two independent bases on which a customer's use of Cody can be deemed non-compliant, one legal and one contractual, with consequences governed elsewhere in the agreement.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim covers both prohibitions; the primary stated is unlawful use, with the Acceptable Use Policy restriction noted as a parallel independent prohibition. Both are preserved in the claim.
The claim requires customers to refrain from using Sourcegraph Cody for unlawful purposes and from using it in ways that violate the Acceptable Use Policy.
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"You may not use Cody for unlawful purposes or in violation of our Acceptable Use Policy.Excerpt from Sourcegraph Cody's Cody Enterprise Terms of Use
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The prohibition establishes two independent bases on which a customer's use of Cody can be deemed non-compliant, one legal and one contractual, with consequences governed elsewhere in the agreement.
The claim requires customers to refrain from using Sourcegraph Cody for unlawful purposes and from using it in ways that violate the Acceptable Use Policy.
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