How much has this author worked in open source? Getting a patch into Linux is pretty damn high-context, indeed git was created specifically as a way for Linus to manage a network of trust instead of just a sea of patches.
"I currently work as the Head of Developer Engagement at Mozilla. I also am an advisor for HFOSS, OpenSource World, and IntraHealth Open, as well as founder and president of Kids on Computers, a nonprofit organization setting up computer labs in schools where kids have no other access to technology.
Previously I have worked as Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, established OpenLogic‘s Expert Community and founded and ran HP’s Open Source Program Office."