There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
NONPROPRIETARY
nonproprietary
(adjective) not protected by trademark or patent or copyright; “nonproprietary products are in the public domain and anyone can produce or distribute them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
nonproprietary (not comparable)
Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information.
Noun
nonproprietary (plural nonproprietaries)
A drug that is not proprietary.
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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