[ntp:questions] 500ppm - is it too small?
nemo_outis
abc at xyz.com
Tue Aug 18 15:59:14 UTC 2009
Harlan Stenn <stenn at ntp.org> wrote in
news:ywn9iqglsynz.fsf at ntp1.isc.org:
...
> Now I'm more inclined to think you are a troll.
>
> The copyright says:
>
> * ... that the name
> * * University of Delaware not be used in advertising or publicity
> * * pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
> * * written prior permission.
>
The text of the "approved" ntp licence at
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ntp-license.php
refers (somewhat oddly it seems to me), not specifically to "University
of Delaware," but rather to the "string variables" of
(CopyrightHoldersName) and (TrademarkedName). I mistook the latter as
referring to the name "ntp" when, in fact, both "string variables" appear
to have been assigned (by whom?) a common value of "University of
Delaware."
Overlooking this "string substitution" oddity, I now withdraw my cavils
regarding ntp's status as open source.
Regards,
PS I do not, however, withdraw my earlier comments regarding the
"political overhead" associated with the design and development of ntp.
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