“use or exploit the Service for any commercial purposes, including for example (and without limitation) by: offering to third parties a service of your own that uses the Service or its Content...”
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The prohibition covers all commercial exploitation, and the listed example is expressly non-exhaustive, meaning a wide range of commercial uses beyond those named are also prohibited.
Interpretive note: The excerpt ends with an ellipsis, suggesting additional examples of prohibited commercial uses may follow in the full clause.
Users are prohibited from deriving commercial benefit from the Service in any form, including by building or offering services to others that incorporate Waze's Service or Content.
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"use or exploit the Service for any commercial purposes, including for example (and without limitation) by: offering to third parties a service of your own that uses the Service or its Content...Excerpt from Waze's Terms of Use
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The prohibition covers all commercial exploitation, and the listed example is expressly non-exhaustive, meaning a wide range of commercial uses beyond those named are also prohibited.
Users are prohibited from deriving commercial benefit from the Service in any form, including by building or offering services to others that incorporate Waze's Service or Content.
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