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1.10 jkatz 18: <h2>Project Goals</h2>
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1.1 david 21: Each person working on OpenBSD has their own aims and priorities,
22: but the goals of project as a whole are to:
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1.3 fn 24: <li>Provide the best development platform possible - with full source access
1.12 kstailey 25: for developers and users.
1.3 fn 26: <li>Work towards a machine independent source tree.
1.9 deraadt 27: <li>Pay attention to security problems and fix them.
1.13 deraadt 28: <li>Work towards greater integration of cryptographic software where
29: possible. This means IPsec, IPv6, key engines, and other forms
1.14 deraadt 30: of strong crypto. OpenBSD is from Canada and may export crypto
31: as
32: <a href=http://insight.mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/doc/crypto-export.html>
33: researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
34: <a href=http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html>
35: layed out in the Export Control list of Canada</a>.
1.18 deraadt 36: <li>The project is seeing active research and development on IPSEC and the
37: <a href=http://wserver.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/provos/photuris/>
38: Photuris key engine</a>.
1.12 kstailey 39: <li>Track and implement standards (POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
1.3 fn 40: <li>Support as many different systems and hardware as feasible.
1.20 ! kstailey 41: <li>Be as politics-free as possible - solutions should be decided on the
1.3 fn 42: basis of technical merit.
43: <li>Provide a good cross compile/development platform.
44: <li>Integrate good code from any source with acceptable copyright
1.16 deraadt 45: (Berkeley style preferred, GPL acceptable, NDA not). We want to
46: make available source code that anyone can use for ANY PURPOSE,
1.19 deraadt 47: with no restrictions. <a href=policy.html>We have a page that describes
48: the copyright issues in more detail.</a>
1.3 fn 49: <li>Import external packages with minimal modifications - making upgrading
50: much easier. Also to submit back to the developers any changes made.
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