> a buggy patch originating from an experimental static-analysis tool run by another developer at UMN. That led developers in the kernel community to suspect th

> a buggy patch originating from an experimental static-analysis tool run by another developer at UMN. That led developers in the kernel community to suspect that the effort to submit intentionally malicious patches was still ongoing. Since then, it has become apparent that this is not the case, but by the time the full story became clear, the discussion was already running at full speed. So they found a convenient scapegoat. I am not buying it.