From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 19 18:18:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 481AA16A4CE for ; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:18:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vhost109.his.com (vhost109.his.com [216.194.225.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8F8943D1D for ; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:18:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brad@stop.mail-abuse.org) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (localhost.his.com [127.0.0.1]) by vhost109.his.com (8.12.11/8.12.3) with ESMTP id iBJIIYHB050075; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:18:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from brad@stop.mail-abuse.org) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <20041218233405.62765.qmail@web50302.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:26:46 +0100 To: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eliminating GPL apps on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:18:38 -0000 At 2:14 PM +0000 2004-12-19, Christian Weisgerber wrote: >> 2. why not import OpenNTPD? it works too > > OpenNTPD only supports a tiny subset of the features of Mills ntpd. Please note that Dr. Mills is just one of many people who work on the Reference Implementation, and that at this stage, his contributions have more to do with the deep algorithms and less to do with the day-to-day code changes. To be fair to the other people who work on this project, I would prefer the term Reference Implementation. > (Yes, I think FreeBSD will eventually want to adopt OpenNTPD and > return Mills ntpd to ports for those few time keeping maniacs who > need it, but I'm not sure I want to advocate that at this point in > time.) I look forward to the day when this option could potentially be seriously entertained. I think some good healthy competition would be good for everyone. However, I fear that this day is very far off, if it ever arrives. -- Brad Knowles, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 SAGE member since 1995. See for more info.