The question below consists of a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and
II. An assumption is something taken for granted or logically presupposed by the decision-maker. Decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the given statement. Statement: An elite agricultural technology corporation has decided to release the genetic blueprints of its highly drought-resistant grain seed under a royalty-free open license, permitting farmers and local agricultural cooperatives globally to cultivate and modify it freely. Assumptions:
I. Decentralized, widespread access to resilient crop strains across multiple global farming regions is essential to mitigating systemic international food insecurity.
II. Relinquishing exclusive proprietary control over this genetic technology will not fatally disrupt the corporation's overall capacity to fund ongoing research and maintain enterprise stability.

Why Assumption I is implicit: A corporate entity does not freely give away highly valuable, advanced proprietary assets (like engineered climate-resilient blueprints) without a compelling strategic or humanitarian motive. By opening the license globally to local entities, the decision fundamentally takes for granted that widespread, decentralized availability of this grain is necessary to address an urgent external crisis (global food insecurity). If localized restricted access sufficed, the open license would be redundant. Thus, I is implicit. Why Assumption II is implicit: No operational enterprise intentionally commits financial suicide. When a firm decides to waive royalties on a major piece of internal research and development (R&D), it must logically assume that its remaining revenue streams, secondary products, or alternative funding structures are robust enough to keep the business stable. If management genuinely believed that this open-source waiver would bankrupt the corporation or permanently halt future research, they would not authorize it. Thus, II is implicit. Because both the external societal driver (I) and the internal economic safeguard (II) are necessary prerequisites to justify this corporate policy, C is the correct answer choice.