选项A错误，文本强调了要避免“credits-theft”即知识窃取，不加考证地认定有违此原则。选项B错误，忽略争议无助于解决知识归属的问题，也与文本强调的要给正确的人署名的精神不符。选项D错误，保持中立无法解决问题，文本鼓励指正错误，而非回避。选项C正确，文本中明确指出：“We did our best here to research the quite complex NLP history and give the right credits to the people who have originated these patterns and techniques.” 和 “So please, if you do find those, let us know about them. We will fix them in future editions of the book and in our website.”，强调了要研究历史、给予正确署名，并及时纠正错误，这是最符合文本建议的步骤。