Title: Dear Tim,<p>I&#x27;ve been thinking about this letter for a while now.<p>There was a time (an eternity in IT age) where you did a lot for Perl and I thank you so much for this<p>But time passed and Perl has lost its value to your eyes.<p>Thanks to you  Perl inherited a logo: the camel 
But because of you, Perl actually never had a logo at all<p>Over the years, you never ever made the Perl camel open enough for us (Perl community) to freely use or modify.
Consequently, we are in a very uncomfortable position.<p>Let&#x27;s just use a new logo, what&#x27;s the point?<p>No, it&#x27;s not that simple and we were never able to achieve this.<p>As of today, we are torn between:<p>- Your camel  that we are not allowed to use<p>- A shadowed camel  derived from your camel, still problematic even if it&#x27;s de facto used everywhere<p>- An onion  that is not Perl but foundation logo (and not even free to use&#x2F;modify)<p>- A raptor  that some people don&#x27;t like or don&#x27;t recognize well the association<p>- Various other attempts<p>It&#x27;s a long standing problem with numerous discussions, attempts and continuous frustrations for us.<p>Now, the thing is, only YOU can fix this<p>And it&#x27;s time.<p>So I&#x27;m asking solemnly, free the Perl camel! 
And do it with a nice and clear license.<p>#FreeThePerlCamel<p>Please.<p>Thibault<p>Notes: it was sent to permissions@oreilly.com, I don&#x27;t have an answer yet
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