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GIMP open source image editor forked to fix 'problematic' name

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Almost no one outside Mozilla knew Firefox as Firebird, it was only named that for about a week because I pointed out the clash with the Firebird database before the name was made public, so it would have no effect. Now if you'd called it Phoenix maybe...

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