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 <li>Provide the best development platform possible.  <a href="anoncvs.html">  <li>Provide the best development platform possible.  <a href="anoncvs.html">
         Provide full source access to developers and users, including the      Provide full source access to developers and users, including the
         ability to look at CVS tree changes directly</a>.      ability to look at CVS tree changes directly</a>.
         Users can even look at our source tree and changes      Users can even look at our source tree and changes
         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">directly on the web!</a><p>      <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">directly on the web!</a>
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 <li>Integrate good code from any source with <a href="policy.html">acceptable  <li>Integrate good code from any source with <a href="policy.html">acceptable
         copyright (ISC or Berkeley style preferred, GPL acceptable as a last      copyright (ISC or Berkeley style preferred, GPL acceptable as a last
         recourse but not in the kernel, NDA never acceptable)</a>.      recourse but not in the kernel, NDA never acceptable)</a>.
         We want to make available source code that anyone can use for ANY      We want to make available source code that anyone can use for ANY
         PURPOSE, with no restrictions.      PURPOSE, with no restrictions.
         <strong>We strive to make our software robust and secure, and encourage      <strong>We strive to make our software robust and secure, and encourage
         companies to use whichever pieces they want to.</strong>  There are      companies to use whichever pieces they want to.</strong>  There are
         <a href="products.html">commercial spin-offs</a> of OpenBSD.<p>      <a href="products.html">commercial spin-offs</a> of OpenBSD.
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 <li>Pay attention to <a href="security.html">security problems and fix  <li>Pay attention to <a href="security.html">security problems and fix
         them before anyone else does</a>. (Try to be the #1 most      them before anyone else does</a>. (Try to be the #1 most
         secure operating system.)<p>      secure operating system.)
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 <li><a href="crypto.html">Greater integration of cryptographic software.</a>  <li><a href="crypto.html">Greater integration of cryptographic software.</a>
         This means IPsec, key engines, Kerberos,      This means IPsec, key engines, Kerberos,
         and other forms of strong crypto or crypto-using systems.      and other forms of strong crypto or crypto-using systems.
         OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian      OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian
         law it is legal to export crypto to the world (as      law it is legal to export crypto to the world (as
         <a href="http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">      <a href="http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">
         researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as      researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
         <a href="http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html">      <a href="http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html">
         documented in the Export Control list of Canada</a>).      documented in the Export Control list of Canada</a>).
         OpenBSD developers are doing active research and development on      OpenBSD developers are doing active research and development on
         IPsec.<p>      IPsec.
 <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)<p>  <p>
   <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
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 <li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.  <li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.
         <a href="plat.html">Support as many different systems and hardware      <a href="plat.html">Support as many different systems and hardware
         as feasible.</a><p>      as feasible.</a>
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 <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the  <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
         basis of technical merit.<p>      basis of technical merit.
   <p>
 <li>Focus on being developer-oriented in all senses, including holding  <li>Focus on being developer-oriented in all senses, including holding
         developer-only events called <a href="hackathons.html">hackathons</a>.<p>      developer-only events called <a href="hackathons.html">hackathons</a>.
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 <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.<p>  <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.<p>
 <li>Provide a good cross compile/development platform.<p>  <p>
   <li>Provide a good cross compile/development platform.
   <p>
 <li>Import external packages with minimal modifications - making upgrading  <li>Import external packages with minimal modifications - making upgrading
         much easier. Also to submit back to the developers any changes made.<p>      much easier. Also to submit back to the developers any changes made.
 <li>Make a CDROM-based release approximately every six months, in  <p>
         particular to fund the project...<p>  <li>Make a CDROM-based release approximately every six months.
 </ul>  </ul>
   
 <a name=funding></a>  <a name=funding></a>
 <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Funding</font></h2>  <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Funding</font></h2>
   
 Naturally, the OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to  See our <a href="donations.html">Donations Page</a>.
 Internet line costs and the same hardware upgrade issues everyone  
 experiences.  For this reason, the project sells CDROMs of our most  
 recent release.  Thus, when you buy an OpenBSD CD, whether at a  
 conference, from one of our other locations, or from our  
 <a href="orders.html"> CDROM ordering page</a>, you are helping to increase  
 the chance that OpenBSD will make future releases.  
 <p>  
 It is also possible to donate funds or <a href="want.html">hardware</a>,  
 in which case your name ends up on our  
 <a href="donations.html">Donations page</a>.  
 For more information on this contact  
 <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> or simply send a  
 donation cheque in Canadian or US funds to:<p>  
   
 OpenBSD<br>  
 812 23rd Ave SE<br>  
 Calgary, Alberta<br>  
 Canada<br>  
 T2G 1N8<br>  
 (Make the cheque out to "Theo de Raadt", since I cannot cash cheques made  
 out to "OpenBSD".)<br>  
   
 <p>  
 Additionally, it is now possible to donate money to the project online via  
 <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order">credit card</a> or  
 <a href="http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html">PayPal</a>.  
 <p>  
 While donations are not US tax deductible as charitable contribution,  
 they may be deductible as an operating expense, and if someone is so  
 inclined, they should ask for the advice of their accountant.  The  
 same applies to other countries, where corporations can make deductible  
 donations under the terms of "Good Will".  
   
 <p>  
 In the beginning, Theo de Raadt spent more than $30,000 (CDN) to start  
 OpenBSD, mostly due to expensive networking costs in Canada (due  
 to USA crypto policies, it is not possible to move the project to the  
 USA).  Thus far, no serious funding or cost-sharing of the project  
 has come from any company or educational institution.  
 Theo works full-time on improving OpenBSD, and much of the project's  
 funds are spent to buy developers new hardware so that they can  
 continue to improve OpenBSD (for example, more than 20 new kinds of  
 Ethernet cards have showed up on the market since OpenBSD was  
 started).  
 Thus, funding is needed at all times.  Continued donations from our  
 user base are what will ensure that OpenBSD continues to exist.  
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 <h2><font color="#e00000">Where do our developers live?</font></h2>  <h2><font color="#e00000">Where do our developers live?</font></h2>
   
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