A gentleman's agreement is an agreement which is not an agreement, made between two people neither of whom are gentlemen, whereby each expects the other to be strictly bound without himself being bound at all.
All electronic contracts try to impose certain terms and conditions.
Appropriate drafting and an acceptance procedure can assist in proving the intent of the contracting parties. It should not be forgotten that the rules of the electronic trading system EDI are almost exclusively imposed by contract. Electronic commerce can similarly impose contractual rules whilst having a greater degree of flexibility. Pro-CD held that the terms inside the software box and only seen after purchase were enforceable as they are available to users before the software is installed. The Scottish case of Beta Computers v Adobe has also indicated that click-wrap acceptance is applicable to English and Scottish Law.