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Unless you qualify for an exception, you must purchase a seat subscription for every developer on your team who accesses the Licensed Technology.
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This requirement ties per-developer access to a paid subscription, making the seat subscription a recurring financial obligation that scales with the size of a development team.
Unless you qualify for an exception, you must purchase a seat subscription for every developer on your team who accesses the Licensed Technology.
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