Comment by tuetuopay

In the end, for kernel users, yes. However, what he did is much larger IMHO: he addressed the utter blockade performed by the maintainer, that basically said no without any margin of negotiation.

In the end, he explicited that not wanting to touch Rust goes both ways: you don't want to touch Rust? Fine. But you lose all rights to complain about what others are doing with Rust.

In other words: don't be a jerk, and don't have selective involvement.