Modern time veda The wikipedia

True that intellectual wealth is for humanity as a whole and should be free to access and free of ownership, When I see communities like wikipedia it reminds me of the vedic times when knowledge was imparted by the word of mouth with the help of rhymes, Its not that they didn't know how to write a book but they thought that book on a shelf would be meaningless , so all the knowledge of the vedas resided in the virtual space of the scholars mind till it was passed down to the next generation.As the ancient Rishies added on to the wealth of knowledge most of them never bothered to put their names behind their research since their belief was that their revelations were the fruit of the universal consciousness which they thought as god.the scholars who were called Brahmin's(knower's of supreme truth) were not expected to accumulate material wealth, they survived on the daily donation for food and their basic needs. This ensured that their minds were free of greed and insecurity and the respect they commanded over the community fueled their enthusiasm in the pursuit of knowledge.

Same was for doctors and health care in ancient society, they could never charge for their service, but survived on the donations that the people gave as gratitude . Its really sweet how these ancient people had figured out the basic workings behind humanity. I was watching 'Sicko' tonight and realized how health care can become a joke when greed and commercial interest enters the business.