[ntpwg] [dhcwg] NTP option: IP address and/or FQDN

[Danny Mayer]

Brian Utterback wrote:
> 
> 
> Ted Lemon wrote:
> 
>> They were legally liable for the damage they did.   Just like someone 
>> would be if they violated the license.   But the damage was still 
>> done, and couldn't be undone.   And so it would be with the
>> license.    So the license doesn't help - it doesn't stop the mistake
>> that you  with you could stop.
>>
> 
> I think I see Todd's point. The liability scales with the intentional
> malice. With increased liability comes increased responsibility (
> to paraphrase Spiderman).
> 
> However, I don't see how you could license the protocol and it is
> from incorrect implementations that we need protection, so anything that
> decreases the likelihood of using the reference implementation is a
> net loss in my opinion.

Please. This is not a license problem and you cannot solve it through a
license. Please stop talking about licensing like it was a magic wand.

Danny