Define: Shrinkwrap Software

How is Shrinkwrap Software defined in a legal contract?

• Shrinkwrap Software means software produced by a third party that is sold in a standard setup and is readily accessible to the general public under standard terms and conditions.
  Seen in 9 SEC filings
• Shrinkwrap Software means commonly available ““off the shelf”” software that can be purchased under generally commercially available terms and conditions at prices not exceeding a particular value. The definition excludes freeware, open source, and shareware software that is widely available over the internet at no cost to the user.
  Seen in 6 SEC filings
• Shrinkwrap Software means ““off-the-shelf”” computer software applications that are universally available to all interested purchasers and licensees under standard terms and conditions and which can be secured for less than a specified amount.
  Seen in 5 SEC filings
• Shrinkwrap Software means software that is licensed to an entity under a shrink-wrap or click-through agreement on reasonable terms through commercial distributors or in consumer retail outlets.
  Seen in 3 SEC filings
• Shrinkwrap Software means ““off-the-shelf”” computer software applications, with wide availability to all potential purchasers and licensees under standard terms and conditions.
  Seen in 2 SEC filings
• Shrinkwrap Software means generally commercially available software licensed on a non-exclusive basis to any organization under shrinkwrap, clickwrap, or other unmodified standard licenses and used in an organization’s normal course of business, excluding any such software that is provided for direct use by the customers of an organization.
  Seen in 1 SEC filing

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Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

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Genie Definition 1

• Shrinkwrap Software means third party software sold in a standard setup, readily accessible to the public under standard terms.

Relevant Contract Types

• Software Licensing Agreement
• End User License Agreement (EULA)
• Software Distribution Agreement
• Software Development Agreement
• Software Purchase Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• Purchase of software for business use
• Licensing of software to end-users
• Distribution of software through a distributor
• Development of custom software on a contract basis
• Purchase of third-party software for integration into a larger system

Relevant Sectors

• Technology
• Retail
• Education
• Healthcare
• Government

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