"It's only clear-sighted to expect the dead CPAN authors outweighing the living in the not so distant future."

I may be missing your drift here LanX, perhaps through language barriers.

I am in no way, nor has anyone else (I don't think), denouncing anyone deceased, especially there's been no comparison between the dead and dead CPAN authors.

Seems as though people have been respecting the dead people they know is all, but I could be wrong.

Let's put this in perspective as to why I wrote the post: