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Reading the story of how The Sixth Sense came together, I realize I may have made the wrong career choice. Perhaps I should have been a screen writer, because in the movie industry, the best people work with other best people, on a regular basis. Sure, it's a screwed up industry, but at least no one can take out a patent on a story idea. (Or can they?)

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Whatever. Let's rush to build the Two-Way Web, asap, before the opportunists patent all the good ideas. And if you support developers who don't patent, one of the best things you can do is give them credit for their inventions, and do this carefully and completely. Almost all creative people want recognition for the risks they take. When they are generous with their ideas and don't patent them, extra recognition is a good idea. This is something positive everyone can do to encourage generosity from developers.