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Section 8a lists purposes needing permission: 'substantially to do your job – as an employee, contractor or consultant', 'for commercial purposes – to make a profit', 'for non-profit and government organisations', 'to do text and data mining, computer analysis or to develop or train artificial intelligence', then '…you'll need to get our permission first, and you might have to pay a fee.' (addition: work use and non-profit/government use also need permission). Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary.\n\nLimitations: [rights_conflict_record] Rights conflict preserved: site shell 'personal/educational projects' vs licence 'formal education' and research wording. 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