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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by hnfong on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:40PM (#37680149)
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37675328

I was replying to a specific comment suggesting that the maintainer should do a code review, give comments and ask for an update to the patch, instead of rewriting the patch. Quoting my words out of context isn't helpful here.

Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by Arnavion on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:04PM (#37680490)
And my point was that from "a utilitarian perspective" there's a middle ground between "coach the original author to produce a better patch" and "commit your own patch without crediting the original author"; it's "commit your own patch while crediting the original author". There's no "out of context" quoting in my comment.