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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
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It's applied to other civilizations pretty regularly.
The most cut-and-dried one off the top of my head is Sisko citing the PD when declining to help Tosk in "Captive Pursuit".
The Prime Directive and the rules governing first contact overlap, but they are distinct.