Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).

  2. Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).

    (not comparable)Not protected by trademark, patent, or trade secret and thus open to commercial use without license; said of drugs (medications) and of various kinds of goods and materials.

    not protected by trademark or patent or copyright

Origin

From non- + proprietary.

From non- + proprietary.

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