19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein extracting the second license information from the software application comprises receiving a transmission of the second license information from the software application.
6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor included in a computing device, cause the computing device to control a manner in which a software application accesses an application programming interface (API), by carrying out steps that include: receiving, from the software application executing on the computing device, a request to access the API; extracting, from the API, first license information that identifies whether all software applications executing on the computing device are permitted to access the API; identifying, based on the first license information, that not all software applications executing on the computing device are permitted to access the API; and in response to identifying: extracting, from the software application, second license information that identifies whether the software application is permitted to access the API, determining, based on the second license information, that the software application is permitted to access the API, and in response to determining: granting the software application access to the API.