[vlokshin]

We're trying to be smart about this. LaunchSky is to test out what you should build and what you shouldn't.

We're currently gauging that interest with the HN community.

If the interest in this product is there, we'll of course invest in the right legal grounds to do what's possible to protect some of the ideas being posted. This can get pricy, but if the interest is there, it's definitely something we're willing to invest in.

If not, it'll simply be a tool for "build it or not" without the legal backbone (at least initially).

[steve_j]

"Built it or not" sounds good. I have ideas but don't have the time to develop them all.

Just the worry that I/another user might share a game changer idea and someone else builds it before I/we do.

[jack-r-abbit]

I tend to agree with your worry. But I think many have the attitude of "Tough shit... if someone builds your idea before you then it probably wasn't defendable anyway."

[vlokshin]

I'm more on your side of this opinion... but I doubt the majority of the world is.

You'd be really surprised the "ideas" i've seen some throw my way after making me sign an NDA.

Ironically enough, I guess I can't talk about those...