By "sweeping it under the rug" what you meant was "ARE NOT PUBLICLY COMMENTING ON POTENTIAL FUTURE LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST THE COMPANY."
It really seems like a lot of the anti-Linus crowd gives way more of a shit about it than the actual victim, which is about par for the course with anything involving LTT.
Wish people had the kind of energy for shitting on actual horrid companies that they do for this one.
It's entirely what you implied.
Be more literate.