[1] https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2022-June/24...
It's still a bit crap to not get proper credit, but it's not fair to put words into someone else's mouth either. The author isn't paraphrasing, he's sharing the story he's told himself after being upset.
> Reported-by: Ariel Miculas <...>
Ariel could just have pressed "reply" in his email client and pointed this out if he felt wronged.
But no, instead he is writing a blog post one year later misrepresenting the maintainer and the Linux project.
I think it's somewhat dishonest that the blog author used the quotation feature in his blog post, but instead of including a quote he made up his own response as if the kernel maintainer said it. I barely noticed this parenthetical above the gigantic block quote:
> He said (paraphrasing):
Anyone reading the blog post too fast would assume the kernel maintainer actually said those dismissive words in the gigantic block quote.
Ironically the topic is intellectual honesty.
The blog post author just liked his version better. ;-)
That's my case. I only know it was paraphrased because of this thread. The quote pulled my attention before I could finish the previous line.
As you say, even if the code was shite, the refactored fix that got merged in would never have existed without it. "I like my version better," feels pretty dismissive and regardless of any other fact I can see how anyone would feel a bit miffed about that after they put the work in.