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in any way misuse any Services or Content that appears on the Platform
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providing services that encourage others to violate these terms
"copy, reproduce, modify, translate, or create derivative works of the Services or Documentation, in whole or in part...Excerpt from Windsurf's Cognition Platform Terms of Service
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The clause states: “copy, reproduce, modify, translate, or create derivative works of the Services or Documentation, in whole or in part...”
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