[Compcomm] CompComm has a real name!

[nesl247]

RYX, maybe you just need to get on irc, where decisions are mostly made.

On 6/20/07, RYX <ryx at ryxperience.com> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 20.06.2007, 23:15 +0200 schrieb Patrick Niklaus:
> > Finally....
> > For those who are interested: We announced an artwork contest for the
> > new Compiz Fusion logo. Every artist is welcome. :-)
> May I ask who is "we" in that case? Are we back at the idea of two
> projects? I am not against having an artwork contest, but couldn't it be
> that some things are decided too fast (and maybe on a too individual
> basis)?
>
> >
> > 2007/6/20, Jeffrey Laramie <imnotpc at rock3d.org>:
> > > 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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