The agreement restricts the End User Services to personal use and prohibits any commercial or business purpose use, including permitting others to use the services in that way.
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The personal-use-only restriction establishes the outer boundary of permitted use, confining all lawful use of the End User Services to individual personal purposes.
Under this clause, the End User Services may not be used for any commercial or business purpose, and users are responsible for ensuring others they permit access to the services comply with this restriction. The agreement does not define the boundary between personal and commercial use, which may create ambiguity in practice.
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Except as set forth below, or as otherwise approved by us, the services are for your personal, non-commercial use unless you enter into a separate agreement with us for your commercial use.
The Services are intended for business use by corporate or business entities, and you agree that you will not use the Services for any personal or individual use.
Host Content on our servers for any purpose other than for your use of the Service.
"The End User Services are only for your personal use.Excerpt from Stripe's Acceptable Use Policy
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The personal-use-only restriction establishes the outer boundary of permitted use, confining all lawful use of the End User Services to individual personal purposes.
Under this clause, the End User Services may not be used for any commercial or business purpose, and users are responsible for ensuring others they permit access to the services comply with this restriction. The agreement does not define the boundary between personal and commercial use, which may create ambiguity in practice.
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