public domainness
English
Etymology
From public domain + -ness.
Noun
public domainness (uncountable)
- (rare, informal) The state or quality of being in the public domain, free of copyright restrictions.
- 2011 March 4, Séverine Dusollier, “SCOPING STUDY ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN”, in World Intellectual Property Organization[1][2]:
- 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.