[Compcomm] CompComm has a real name!

[Matt Russell]

Yay!


On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 10:08 -0400, Jeffrey Laramie 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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