nonproprietary

== English == === Etymology === From non- +‎ proprietary. === Adjective === nonproprietary (not comparable) Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise). 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. Synonym: generic ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === nonproprietary (plural nonproprietaries) (pharmacology) A drug that is not proprietary. Synonym: generic