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I seriously thought a bunch of BSD experts got together and raised funds for making 2023 the "Year of the BSD".

On a different note, I wish new projects respect the history of other projects while naming their project. I am sure they would've found a better name for this DB.

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I made an honest mistake. While I saw DragonflyBSD, I didn't realize its prominence within the BSD community. I assumed that since our project only focuses on Linux, having a similar name in a different "namespace" wasn't a significant issue.

Assuming you are the project lead, I would implore you to change the name. There are noble precedents in our industry E.g. Firebird -> Firefox.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_early_version_history#...

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