The Clio JavaScript How-to by Tom Brooke presents how to use the SDK along with Sinatra framework. It demonstrates how to authenticate, return data, and submit a client form.
Here at ProgrammableWeb we do things like read terms of use for fun. That's just how we roll. We were perusing Yahoo! APIs Terms of Use when we stumbled on something that truly surprised us. Yahoo doesn't want us using their API's to operate nuclear facilities. Operating a nuclear facility through any Yahoo API is in fact grounds for having your license terminated. That's not all we found.
After enduring controversy over its original license (referred to as "BSD+Patents") for the React framework and then capitulating by switching to the open source MIT license, Facebook has announced a license for GraphQL that open source pioneer Bruce Perens says is too restrictive (includes video).
On Thursday the two-week trial between Oracle and Google ended when a federal jury found that Google's re-use of 37 Java APIs in the development of its Android operating system is protected by "fair use." The decision marks a win for developers who are likely to see relief from API copyright.
