Can someone who has more context around this commit explain what is going on here?
What does this commit do?
Why did this commit get accepted in the commit history tree published at android.googlesource.com?
What does this commit do?
Why did this commit get accepted in the commit history tree published at android.googlesource.com?
He didn't want his name to be attached as the person who did this (and we can assume it was some sort of protest to the change) so he committed this as "Anonymous Coward".
Also "Anonymous Coward", as others pointed out, was the way Slashdot referenced guest comments.
It still is.
As opposed to what? Do you expect them to maintain an alternate tree without the change that doesn't match published binaries?
An alternative would have been to bury the change in “misc cleanup” commit. Kudos for at least being honest.