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17: <h2><font color=#e00000>Project Goals</font><hr></h2>
1.17 downsj 18:
19: <p>
1.41 deraadt 20: Obviously, each developer working on OpenBSD has their own aims
21: and priorities, but it is possible to classify the goals we all share:<p>
1.1 david 22:
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
1.42 aaron 26: ability to look at CVS tree changes directly</a>.
1.29 deraadt 27: Users can even look at our source tree and changes
1.41 deraadt 28: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb>directly on the web!</a><p>
1.29 deraadt 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
1.41 deraadt 35: <a href=products.html>commercial spin-offs</a> of OpenBSD.<p>
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
1.41 deraadt 38: secure operating system).<p>
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
1.42 aaron 49: IPsec and the
1.44 provos 50: <a href=http://www.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/provos/photuris/>
1.41 deraadt 51: Photuris key engine</a>.<p>
52: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)<p>
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
1.41 deraadt 55: as feasible.</a><p>
1.21 kstailey 56: <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
1.41 deraadt 57: basis of technical merit.<p>
58: <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.<p>
59: <li>Provide a good cross compile/development platform.<p>
1.3 fn 60: <li>Import external packages with minimal modifications - making upgrading
1.41 deraadt 61: much easier. Also to submit back to the developers any changes made.<p>
62: <li>Make a CDROM-based release approximately every six months, in
63: particular to fund the project...<p>
1.1 david 64: </ul>
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1.41 deraadt 67: <h2><font color=#e00000>Project Funding</font></h2>
1.26 deraadt 68:
69: Naturally, the OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to
1.42 aaron 70: Internet line costs and the same hardware upgrade issues everyone
1.26 deraadt 71: experiences. For this reason, the project sells CDROMs of our most
1.40 deraadt 72: recent release. The project also started making tshirts to fund the
73: project. Thus, when you buy an OpenBSD CD or tshirt, whether at a
1.26 deraadt 74: conference, from one of our other locations, or from our
1.40 deraadt 75: <a href=orders.html> CDROM ordering page</a>, you are helping to increase
76: the chance that OpenBSD will make future releases.
1.26 deraadt 77: <p>
1.39 espie 78: It is also possible to donate funds or <a href="want.html">hardware</a>,
79: in which case your name ends up on our
80: <a href=donations.html>Donations page</a>.
1.26 deraadt 81: For more information on this contact
82: <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a> or simply send a
83: donation cheque in Canadian or US funds to:<p>
84:
85: OpenBSD<br>
1.37 deraadt 86: 812 23rd Ave SE<br>
1.26 deraadt 87: Calgary, Alberta<br>
88: Canada<br>
1.37 deraadt 89: T2G 1N8<br>
1.33 deraadt 90: (Make the cheque out to "Theo de Raadt", since I cannot cash cheques made
91: out to "OpenBSD".)<br>
1.26 deraadt 92:
93: <p>
1.50 millert 94: Additionally, it is now possible to donate money to the project online by
95: sending funds to obsdpaypal@openbsd.org via
1.51 millert 96: <a href="https://secure.paypal.x.com/refer/pal=obsdpaypal%40openbsd.org">paypal</a>.
1.50 millert 97: <p>
1.52 ! jsyn 98: While donations are not US tax deductible as charitable contribution,
! 99: they may be deductible as an operating expense, and if someone is so
1.46 deraadt 100: inclined, they should ask for the advice of their accountant. The
101: same applies to other countries, where corporations can make deductable
1.45 deraadt 102: donations under the terms of "Good Will".
103:
104: <p>
1.40 deraadt 105: In the beginning, Theo de Raadt spent more than $30,000 (CDN) to start
106: OpenBSD, mostly due to expensive networking costs in Canada (due
1.26 deraadt 107: to USA crypto policies, it is not possible to move the project to the
1.40 deraadt 108: USA). Thus far, no serious funding or cost-sharing of the project
109: has come from any company or educational institution.
110: Theo works full-time on improving OpenBSD, and much of the project's
111: funds are spent to buy developers new hardware so that they can
112: continue to improve OpenBSD (for example, more than 20 new kinds of
1.42 aaron 113: Ethernet cards have showed up on the market since OpenBSD was
1.40 deraadt 114: started).
1.43 deraadt 115: Thus, funding is needed at all times. Continued donations from our
116: user base are what will ensure that OpenBSD continues to exist.
1.1 david 117: <hr>
1.47 deraadt 118:
1.49 deraadt 119: <h2><font color=#e00000>Where do our developers live?</font></h2>
1.47 deraadt 120:
121: This map approximates where our developers live. We will attempt to update it
1.48 wvdputte 122: occasionally, but please don't count on that.
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