It's easy to come with dozens and dozens of things that "contribute" to Perl. The problem is, where do you stop? Has HP contributed to Perl, because I've written many patches to Perl from an HP computer? Has my spouse contributed, because of their supply of tea and cookies during my Perl hacking nights, and coping with my late nights, and week long absences when I go to conferences? Have $WORK, $WORK-1, $WORK-2, $WORK-3, $WORK-4, $WORK-7, $WORK-8 contributed by giving me time and/or money to do Perl related stuff (even while some of them hardly use Perl themselves)? Do people who appear to do a lot of activity, but all with the motive to promote their own training classes contribute to Perl? Someone who makes code emitted by gcc faster, does he contribute to Perl? After all, a perl compiled by such a patched gcc may be faster. Do people/companies who hire Perl developers contribute to Perl? What if he hires a sysadmin with Perl knowledge?