He was robbed of the label/title/achievement 'kernel contributor'. In the same way that the loser of a sports match due to a bad ref call is 'robbed' of somethi

He was robbed of the label/title/achievement 'kernel contributor'. In the same way that the loser of a sports match due to a bad ref call is 'robbed' of something. Which I think is a fair description, given the facts as presented here.