What is the legal definition of non-exclusive?

Answer 1

In the law, "non-exclusive" is used as an adjective or other form of grammatical modifier that means or suggests that something is shared, or conversely does not belong to just one person.

For example, since all tenants and the landlord of an apartment building need to use certain common areas together (halls, stairs, elevator, laundry room if any, sidewalks, parking lot, etc.), typcially in leasing an apartment the lease will grant the tenant "non-exclusive right to use" those areas along with the other tenants and the landlord. The distinction is important because the actual lease of the actual apartment will be for the tenant's exclusive use.

There may be other particular uses of the term for specific areas of the law, such as intellectual property, etc., but the main idea is that it is something more than one person has certain rights to.

Answer 2

A non-exclusive license is the right to use something (could be a song or a short story or even a patented invention) on a non-exclusive basis (meaning that the owner of the property can also grant a license to someone else to use the property.) So, in summary, you get to use the thing but the owner can let someone else use the thing too.

Answer 3

well think about it. exclusive means rare, hard to find and such. so non-exclusive means the opposite. Non-exclusive means you can get it easily.