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Each developer working on OpenBSD has their own aims and priorities,

but it is possible to classify the goals we all share:

<ul>

<li>Provide the best development platform possible - with full source access

<li>Provide the best development platform possible. <a href=anoncvs.html>

for developers and users. Code should be as FREE as possible, for

Provide full source access to developers and users, including the

whatever purpose and agenda.

ability to look at CVS tree change directly</a>.

<li>Integrate good code from any source with acceptable copyright

Users can even look at our source tree and changes

(Berkeley style preferred, GPL acceptable, NDA not). We want to

<a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb>directly on the web!</a>

make available source code that anyone can use for ANY PURPOSE,

<li>Integrate good code from any source with <a href=policy.html>acceptable

with no restrictions. <a href=policy.html>We have a page that describes

the copyright issues in more detail.</a>

We want to make available source code that anyone can use for ANY

PURPOSE, with no restrictions.

<li>Pay attention to <a href=/advisories>security problems and fix

them before anyone else does</a>. (Try to be the #1 most

secure operating system).

<li>Work towards a machine independent source tree.

<li><a href=crypto.html>Greater integration of cryptographic software.</a>

<li>Greater integration of cryptographic software. This means IPsec, IPv6,

This means IPsec, IPv6,

key engines, and other forms of strong crypto. OpenBSD is developed

and released from Canada and due to Canadian law it is legal to

export crypto to the world. (As

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Photuris key engine</a>.

<li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)

<li>Support as many different systems and hardware as feasible.

<li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.

<a href=plat.html>Support as many different systems and hardware

as feasible.</a>

<li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the

basis of technical merit.

<li>Provide a good cross compile/development platform.

<li>Import external packages with minimal modifications - making upgrading

much easier. Also to submit back to the developers any changes made.

<li><a href=orders.html>Make a CDROM-based release approximately every

six months.</a>

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