Why is an idea free?

< mrak> why is idea free?
< mrak> it is very noble thought, but isn't idea what makes us so special
< fredd> because ideas moves from head to head
< mrak> yes, but how come there are patents
< mrak> i mean ideas are random
< mrak> they're more like gifts
< fredd> because there are passports and borders
< mrak> :)
< fredd> no way
< mrak> ok
< mrak> let's say so
< mrak> i have an idea about new software noone every invented before
< mrak> (let's say I'm about to invent p2p file-sharing)
< mrak> (few years ago)
< mrak> why should I publish my idea and let others implement it
< AlpT> because then another would have the idea of bittorrent
< AlpT> and not after 5 years
< mrak> yes, but in your world
< mrak> an individuum doesn't want to make profit
< mrak> but the better world>?
< mrak> I think it is human nature
< AlpT> you can have profit if you implement the idea
< mrak> yes, but the idea is very important, something is the implemantion trivial
< mrak> today, you can pay programmer in india for 1000$ to implement you a software
< fredd> you can pay to implement something, but you need a revolutionary genious to make something valuable
< fredd> and a mad to make it for free
< fredd> and a bunch of madman to think, implement and distribute for freedom
< AlpT> I don't see the connection between "very important" and "implemantion trivial"
< AlpT> the p2p isn't so trivial
< AlpT> btw you are free to keep your idea secret
< fredd> nothing done for real is trivial... have you tried to make a brik wall? Or to square a stone?
< AlpT> eheh
< AlpT> if you keep your idea secret it is higly probable that another has such an idea, we are so many
< AlpT> the same logical connections you had, which formed the idea, can pop in lots of other minds too
< AlpT> after all an idea is just information
< mrak> you're right
< mrak> it is the implementation that counts
< mrak> not only the implementation but the total develeopment of your idea
< mrak> refining it