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PublicNTP
Formation2008; 16 years ago (2008)
FounderTerry Ott, Scott Waddell
Legal statusActive
Location
Websitehttps://publicntp.org/

PublicNTP (PNTP) is a network time non-profit organization headquartered in Washington D.C.[1] PublicNTP provides no-cost time sources for the public good and partners with other network time organizations, including the Network Time Foundation.[2] PublicNTP currently runs NTP servers through South America, Africa, and

History[edit]

In February 2008, Terry Ott launched two NTP servers in Chicago, Illinois, and another server in the San Francisco, California area.[3] This project evolved and led to the development and founding of PublicNTP as a 501(c)(3) in 2017 with Scott Waddell as a co-founder.

Time Server Mobile App[edit]

In December 2018, PublicNTP released the Time Server[4] Android app to the Google Play Store.[5] The app enables any rooted Android device to run as an NTP time server and the implementation was also released as an open source project on GitHub.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PublicNTP, Inc. - GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  2. ^ "PublicNTP Partnership Announcement". Network Time Foundation. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  3. ^ "History". PublicNTP. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. ^ "Time Server App". Time Server App. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  5. ^ "The Time Server App Has Launched! - Blog". PublicNTP. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  6. ^ Time Server App for Android. Contribute to PublicNTP/time-server-app development by creating an account on GitHub, PublicNTP, 2019-03-11, retrieved 2019-03-11

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