And if they had instead chosen to remain silent on the origin of the code, how would you have characterized their actions then?

They only did it because minitap called them out? It's in the post.

They were in clear violation of Apache 2.0

	▲	lunchbucket 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Obviously, and they deserve no credit for the bare minimum. But if you imagine them doing the opposite and not taking any steps to rectify the error, that would clearly be closer to a "coverup".