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1.23 deraadt 18: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Project Goals</font></h3>
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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:
23: <ul>
1.3 fn 24: <li>Provide the best development platform possible - with full source access
1.22 deraadt 25: for developers and users. Code should be as FREE as possible, for
26: whatever purpose and agenda.
27: <li>Integrate good code from any source with acceptable copyright
28: (Berkeley style preferred, GPL acceptable, NDA not). We want to
29: make available source code that anyone can use for ANY PURPOSE,
30: with no restrictions. <a href=policy.html>We have a page that describes
31: the copyright issues in more detail.</a>
1.3 fn 32: <li>Work towards a machine independent source tree.
1.22 deraadt 33: <li>Pay attention to security problems and fix them. (Try to be the #1 most
34: secure operating system).
1.13 deraadt 35: <li>Work towards greater integration of cryptographic software where
36: possible. This means IPsec, IPv6, key engines, and other forms
1.14 deraadt 37: of strong crypto. OpenBSD is from Canada and may export crypto
38: as
39: <a href=http://insight.mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/doc/crypto-export.html>
40: researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
41: <a href=http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html>
42: layed out in the Export Control list of Canada</a>.
1.22 deraadt 43: The project is seeing active research and development on IPSEC and the
1.18 deraadt 44: <a href=http://wserver.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/provos/photuris/>
45: Photuris key engine</a>.
1.12 kstailey 46: <li>Track and implement standards (POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
1.3 fn 47: <li>Support as many different systems and hardware as feasible.
1.21 kstailey 48: <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
1.22 deraadt 49: basis of technical merit.
1.3 fn 50: <li>Provide a good cross compile/development platform.
51: <li>Import external packages with minimal modifications - making upgrading
1.22 deraadt 52: much easier. Also to submit back to the developers any changes made.
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57: The OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to internet line costs
58: and the same hardware upgrade issues everyone experiences. For this reason,
59: we sell CDROMs of our most recent release. When you buy an OpenBSD CD,
60: whether at a conference or via one of our other sales places as described
61: on our <a href=orders.html>CDROM ordering page</a>, you are helping ensure
62: that OpenBSD will make future releases. It is also possible to donate
63: funds or hardware, in which case your name ends up on our
64: <a href=donations.html>Donations page</a>.
1.25 ! deraadt 65: <strong>Please do not take this above statement too lightly, since the
! 66: project is not in strong financial health.</strong>
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