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This is really illuminating.

I'm an O'Reilly author, so I'm biased.

I feel like O'Reilly (the owner) and O'Reilly (the publisher) have both done so much for the tech community that I'm inclined to trust their interpretation and motives.

I still love Perl. It was my first love.

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Agree. It is difficult to resolve trade mark law and use in open source communities. This strikes me as a fair balance. If the Perl community adopted a different logo it would still need an owner to invest in the trade mark and licence / enforce it, or it would likely be abused. Registration and enforcement do not come particularly cheap, especially on a global scale.

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