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clickwrap license

clickwrap license noun: a license which is implicitly agreed to when the user clicks on a particular user interface element, such as a button or link.

Noun

clickwrap license (plural clickwrap licenses)

  1. A license which is implicitly agreed to when the user clicks on a particular user interface element, such as a button or link.
    • The second example, the so-called “clickwrap” license, is more likely to create an enforceable contract. In this variation, the user is required to view, however fleetingly, the terms of the license and to take some affirmative action to agree to its terms, such as by clicking a button that says...2004, Andrew M. St. Laurent, Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 150
    • Like the more familiar “clickwrap” license, which we encounter every time we download a software update or buy an item on the Internet, this license employs the law of contract to limit the use of an invention by others.2012, Kal Raustiala, Christopher Sprigman, The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Forms of clickwrap license

pluralclickwrap licenses

Origin of clickwrap license

By analogy with shrinkwrap license.

Questions about clickwrap license

What does clickwrap license mean?
Clickwrap license means a license which is implicitly agreed to when the user clicks on a particular user interface element, such as a button or link.
What part of speech is clickwrap license?
Clickwrap license is a noun.
What is the plural of clickwrap license?
The plural of clickwrap license is clickwrap licenses.

Words near clickwrap license in the dictionary

  1. clickwork
  2. clickworker
  3. clickworkers
  4. clickworthy
  5. clickwrap
  6. clickwrap license
  7. clickwrap licenses
  8. clickwraps
  9. clicky
  10. clidafidine
  11. clidal

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