Associations to the word «Nonproprietary»

Wiktionary

NONPROPRIETARY, adjective. Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information.

Dictionary definition

NONPROPRIETARY, adjective. Not protected by trademark or patent or copyright; "nonproprietary products are in the public domain and anyone can produce or distribute them".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope