[tlipcon]

FYI on the date issue, lest anyone think we filed the patent trying to steal the work done by others, the patent application says:

"This application claims to the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/911,720, entitled “HYBRIDTIME and HYBRIDCLOCKS FOR CLOCK UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT”, which was filed on Dec. 4, 2013, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety."

(which predates the creation of the cockroachdb repo and the hybrid logical clock paper).