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1.27 deraadt 18: <h2><font color=#0000e0>Project Goals</font></h2>
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1.27 deraadt 21: Each developer working on OpenBSD has their own aims and priorities,
22: but it is possible to classify the goals we all share:
1.1 david 23: <ul>
1.29 deraadt 24: <li>Provide the best development platform possible. <a href=anoncvs.html>
25: Provide full source access to developers and users, including the
26: ability to look at CVS tree change directly</a>.
27: Users can even look at our source tree and changes
28: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb>directly on the web!</a>
29: <li>Integrate good code from any source with <a href=policy.html>acceptable
30: copyright (Berkeley style preferred, GPL acceptable, NDA not)</a>.
31: We want to make available source code that anyone can use for ANY
32: PURPOSE, with no restrictions.
1.38 deraadt 33: <strong>We strive to make our software robust and secure, and encourage
34: companies to use whichever pieces they want to.</strong> There are
35: <a href=products.html>commercial spin-offs</a> of OpenBSD.
1.30 deraadt 36: <li>Pay attention to <a href=security.html>security problems and fix
1.28 deraadt 37: them before anyone else does</a>. (Try to be the #1 most
38: secure operating system).
1.29 deraadt 39: <li><a href=crypto.html>Greater integration of cryptographic software.</a>
1.35 deraadt 40: This means IPsec, IPv6, key engines, Kerberos, free-AFS,
41: and other forms of strong crypto or crypto-using systems.
42: OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian
43: law it is legal to export crypto to the world. (As
1.28 deraadt 44: <a href=http://insight.mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/doc/crypto-export.html>
1.14 deraadt 45: researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
46: <a href=http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html>
1.31 deraadt 47: documented in the Export Control list of Canada</a>).
1.27 deraadt 48: OpenBSD developers are doing active research and development on
49: IPSEC and the
1.18 deraadt 50: <a href=http://wserver.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/provos/photuris/>
51: Photuris key engine</a>.
1.28 deraadt 52: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
1.29 deraadt 53: <li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.
54: <a href=plat.html>Support as many different systems and hardware
55: as feasible.</a>
1.21 kstailey 56: <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
1.22 deraadt 57: basis of technical merit.
1.35 deraadt 58: <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.
1.3 fn 59: <li>Provide a good cross compile/development platform.
60: <li>Import external packages with minimal modifications - making upgrading
1.22 deraadt 61: much easier. Also to submit back to the developers any changes made.
1.36 deraadt 62: <li><strong><a href=orders.html>Make a CDROM-based release approximately
1.35 deraadt 63: every six months</a>, in particular to fund the project...</strong>
1.1 david 64: </ul>
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1.27 deraadt 68: <h2><font color=#0000e0>Project Funding</font></h2>
1.26 deraadt 69:
70: Naturally, the OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to
71: internet line costs and the same hardware upgrade issues everyone
72: experiences. For this reason, the project sells CDROMs of our most
1.40 ! deraadt 73: recent release. The project also started making tshirts to fund the
! 74: project. Thus, when you buy an OpenBSD CD or tshirt, whether at a
1.26 deraadt 75: conference, from one of our other locations, or from our
1.40 ! deraadt 76: <a href=orders.html> CDROM ordering page</a>, you are helping to increase
! 77: the chance that OpenBSD will make future releases.
1.26 deraadt 78:
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1.39 espie 80: It is also possible to donate funds or <a href="want.html">hardware</a>,
81: in which case your name ends up on our
82: <a href=donations.html>Donations page</a>.
1.26 deraadt 83: For more information on this contact
84: <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a> or simply send a
85: donation cheque in Canadian or US funds to:<p>
86:
87: OpenBSD<br>
1.37 deraadt 88: 812 23rd Ave SE<br>
1.26 deraadt 89: Calgary, Alberta<br>
90: Canada<br>
1.37 deraadt 91: T2G 1N8<br>
1.33 deraadt 92: (Make the cheque out to "Theo de Raadt", since I cannot cash cheques made
93: out to "OpenBSD".)<br>
1.26 deraadt 94:
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1.40 ! deraadt 96: In the beginning, Theo de Raadt spent more than $30,000 (CDN) to start
! 97: OpenBSD, mostly due to expensive networking costs in Canada (due
1.26 deraadt 98: to USA crypto policies, it is not possible to move the project to the
1.40 ! deraadt 99: USA). Thus far, no serious funding or cost-sharing of the project
! 100: has come from any company or educational institution.
! 101: Theo works full-time on improving OpenBSD, and much of the project's
! 102: funds are spent to buy developers new hardware so that they can
! 103: continue to improve OpenBSD (for example, more than 20 new kinds of
! 104: ethernet cards have showed up on the market since OpenBSD was
! 105: started).
! 106: Thus, funding is needed at all times, in fact a nice sponsorship or two
! 107: would go a long ways towards ensuring that OpenBSD continues to exist.
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