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public domainness

noun

Etymology

From public domain + -ness.

  1. derived from dominium
  2. derived from demeine
  3. inherited from demayne
  4. formed as public domain — “public + domain”
  5. formed as public domainness — “public domain + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being in the public domain, free of copyright restrictions.

    • Any regime applied to the public domain should ensure such free use. Yet, the ‘public domainness’ does not guarantee as such a freedom to access to the resources it contains. Access to a public domain work will depend on many factors.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for public domainness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA