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1.23      deraadt    18: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Project Goals</font></h3>
1.1       david      19:
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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.
1.1       david      53: </ul>
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1.1       david      55:
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        !            59: Naturally, the OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to
        !            60: internet line costs and the same hardware upgrade issues everyone
        !            61: experiences.  For this reason, the project sells CDROMs of our most
        !            62: recent release.  Thus, when you buy an OpenBSD CD, whether at a
        !            63: conference, from one of our other locations, or from our
        !            64: <a href=orders.html> CDROM ordering page</a>, you are helping to
        !            65: increase the chance that OpenBSD will make future releases.
        !            66:
        !            67: <p>
        !            68:
        !            69: It is also possible to donate funds or hardware, in which case your
        !            70: name ends up on our <a href=donations.html>Donations page</a>.
        !            71: For more information on this contact
        !            72: <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a> or simply send a
        !            73: donation cheque in Canadian or US funds to:<p>
        !            74:
        !            75: OpenBSD<br>
        !            76: 1933 6th St SE<br>
        !            77: Calgary, Alberta<br>
        !            78: Canada<br>
        !            79: T2G 2Y3<br>
        !            80:
        !            81: <p>
        !            82: Theo de Raadt has spent more than $30,000 (CDN) to make OpenBSD run so
        !            83: far, mostly due to expensive networking costs in Canada and such (due
        !            84: to USA crypto policies, it is not possible to move the project to the
        !            85: USA).  No funding or cost-sharing of the project comes from any
        !            86: company or educational institution.  As well, Theo works full-time on
        !            87: improving OpenBSD.
        !            88:
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1.25      deraadt    90: <strong>Please do not take this above statement too lightly, since the
1.26    ! deraadt    91: project is typically not in strong financial health.</strong>
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