[Compcomm] CompComm has a real name!

[Stephen Moore]

finally we've got a name :D

On 6/20/07, Jeffrey Laramie <imnotpc at rock3d.org> wrote:
>
> Our previous attempts to select a project name have not gone well. We
> tried a
> poll but the names in the poll were not pre-qualified to determine if they
> were usable and the "winning" name was also a strongly disliked name.
> Kristian and I each proposed a plan to select a name, but that effort got
> sidetracked by a massive flame war on the mailing list.
>
> While our community has some democratic features, ultimately it is a
> meritocracy and the people who contribute the most value have the most
> say.
> So in the end a decision was made by the majority of the people who have
> contributed the most.
>
> That doesn't mean that all the discussion was wasted. In fact the chosen
> name
> wasn't proposed by any of the leaders, but was proposed in one of the
> naming
> threads (michael.krog's post was the first place I saw it). It was
> immediately popular and received very few negative comments.
>
> I'm pleased to announce that the chosen name of our project and community
> is:
>
> Compiz Fusion
>
> For the record, the following developers and admins either participated in
> and
> supported the selection process (not all voted yes), or have stated their
> support for the name:
>
> David Reveman, Erkin Bahceci (cornelius), Guillaume Seguin (iXce), Dennis
> Kasprzyk (onestone), Jigish Gohil (cyberorg), Danny Baumann (maniac),
> Patrick
> Niklaus (marex), Roi Cohen (roico), Alex Heck (nesl247), Robert Carr
> (racarr), Kristian Lyngstøl (kristianLy), Rico Pfaus (RYX) (conditional),
> Quinn Storm (QuinnStorm) and Jeffrey Laramie (imnotpc).
>
> Jeff
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