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But “public domain” also has a technical, narrower definition hailing from the law of [[copyright]]: information that is “in the public domain” is information that ''could be'' protected by [[intellectual property]] rights, but ''isn’t'', whether because those rights have expired, been forfeited, waived, or for some other reason just don’t apply. | But “public domain” also has a technical, narrower definition hailing from the law of [[copyright]]: information that is “in the public domain” is information that ''could be'' protected by [[intellectual property]] rights, but ''isn’t'', whether because those rights have expired, been forfeited, waived, or for some other reason just don’t apply. | ||
Being open source, the [[OneNDA]] itself is “in the public domain” in this narrow way. But the information one may share under it is not. Yet, in its | Being open source, the [[OneNDA]] itself is “in the public domain” in this narrow way. But the information one may share under it is not. Yet, in its “[[carve out]]” from the scope of confidentiality, the first version excludes information that is “in the public domain” rather than simply “public”. | ||
This is a cue for [[Doyen of drafting|those who take pleasure from such things]], to raise a [[Knee-slide and jet wings|technical objection]]. | This is a cue for [[Doyen of drafting|those who take pleasure from such things]], to raise a [[Knee-slide and jet wings|technical objection]]. | ||