clickwrap

English

Alternative forms

• click-wrap

Etymology

From click +‎ wrap, after shrinkwrap (license).

Noun

clickwrap (countable and uncountable, plural clickwraps)

1. (uncountable) Clickwrap licenses generally.
   • 1997 February 28, William D. Marvin, “Internet CLE in Philadelphia announcement”, in misc.legal.computing‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2016-09-13, message-ID <E6DKLn.Az0@world.std.com>>:

     3:00 - 3:30 Electronic Contracting - Electronic Data Interchange - Making and enforcing of agreements online - "Shrinkwrap" v. "clickwrap" Agreements - Encryption for privacy and authentication

   • 2004, Philip Mirowski, The Effortless Economy of Science?:

     This curious species of non-publication provoked numerous programmers to post directions on Slashdot for circumventing the clickwrap.

   • 2006, Steve Hedley, The Law of Electronic Commerce and the Internet in the UK and Ireland:

     From a legal point of view, use of clickwrap clarifies matters considerably.

2. (countable, rare) A clickwrap license.