For the last three-and-a-half years, Stenn said he's worked 100-plus hours a week answering emails, accepting patches, rewriting patches to work across multiple operating systems, piecing together new releases, and administering the NTP mailing list.
Stenn "has given himself a deadline: Garner more financial support by April, 'or look for regular work.'"
The story is reminiscent of those we've recently heard about OpenSSL and GPG: Widely deployed, critical code mostly maintained with volunteered time and a shoestring budgets.