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Drafting API Policies and Licence Terms: UK Checklist for Licensors covering Access, Acceptable Use, API Data, Security, IP, Data Protection and AI

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In this Checklist, the following defined terms are relevant:

  • application programming interface (API) refers to an application programming interface
  • API Data means any data or other content on the Platform reached by the Application or the API Licensee, and/or sent from the Platform to the Application via an API
  • API Licensee means a provider of an Application that connects to the Platform/API
  • API Licensor means the provider of a Platform/API
  • Application means an application of an API Licensee that uses an API
  • Platform means a platform of an API Licensor that is accessed through an API

An API is a source code-level interface that enables applications (specifically, software components) to communicate with one another. It is the outward-facing element of an application that sets the rules for how that application will interact with other software. A developer does not need to grasp the entire codebase of an application to build something compatible with it. So long as the software aligns with the interface, it will be able to communicate with the application...

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Deirdre Moynihan
Deirdre Moynihan chambers
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