Honoring those who invent or provide ideas/inspiration is important because we Forum members benefit. One amateur pioneer in the IMSB saga was "Feelyx". Don't hear much from him now but here is a thread where he begins to develop his theory of grease wash-out. It is interesting because his ideas were developed very publicly on this Forum. Best of all he was very polite and generous in sharing his amateur test data.
http://986forum.com/forums/general-discussions/33893-ims-failure-not-myth.html
And yes, it did evenyually become an IMSB product.
So yes, credit where credit is due and Forums like this are certainly instrumental in problem-solving products.