[Compcomm] CompComm has a real name!

[RYX]

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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