IPA IP 2022 Question 14
A question IPA Japan published in 令和4年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問14, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
Which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning a shrink-wrap agreement, which is one of the license agreements for commercially available software packages and the like?
Explanation
Opening the package concludes the agreement, understood or not — that is what makes a shrink-wrap agreement.
In a shrink-wrap agreement, the license conditions are printed on the package or can be read through its transparent film, and the package states that opening it means accepting them. Breaking the shrink-wrap is therefore treated as the purchaser's acceptance, and the license agreement is concluded at that moment, whether or not the purchaser actually read or understood the conditions. The click-wrap agreement of downloaded software works the same way, with an “I agree” button in place of the film.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) — no period for withdrawing after opening is part of the scheme; opening is the acceptance
- •(c) — whether or when the software is first used has no effect; the agreement already stands from the opening
- •(d) — the passing of time concludes nothing; without opening the package there is no act of acceptance
Key rule: Shrink-wrap: opening the package means accepting the license; click-wrap: clicking “I agree” does the same for downloaded software.
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