Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:26:46 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> To: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eliminating GPL apps on FreeBSD Message-ID: <p0620074bbdeb69cdd51c@[10.0.1.3]> In-Reply-To: <cq42ba$2su2$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> References: <cq2des$lo4$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <20041218233405.62765.qmail@web50302.mail.yahoo.com> <cq42ba$2su2$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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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.
--
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temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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