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Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, extract or reverse engineer any source code of or any software used to provide the App, unless applicable laws prohibit these restrictions
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"Decompiles, reverse engineers, or otherwise attempts to obtain the source code or underlying ideas or information of or relating to Substack.— Excerpt from Substack's Substack Terms of Use
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The clause states: “Decompiles, reverse engineers, or otherwise attempts to obtain the source code or underlying ideas or information of or relating to Substack.”
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