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1.6       deraadt     4: <title>OpenBSD Project Goals</title>
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1.41      deraadt    16: <p>
1.57      jufi       17: <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Goals</font></h2>
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1.17      downsj     19:
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1.41      deraadt    21: Obviously, each developer working on OpenBSD has their own aims
1.57      jufi       22: and priorities, but it is possible to classify the goals we all share:
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1.57      jufi       24: <p>
1.1       david      25: <ul>
1.57      jufi       26: <li>Provide the best development platform possible.  <a href="anoncvs.html">
1.75    ! deraadt    27:     Provide full source access to developers and users, including the
        !            28:     ability to look at CVS tree changes directly</a>.
        !            29:     Users can even look at our source tree and changes
        !            30:     <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">directly on the web!</a>
        !            31: <p>
1.57      jufi       32: <li>Integrate good code from any source with <a href="policy.html">acceptable
1.75    ! deraadt    33:     copyright (ISC or Berkeley style preferred, GPL acceptable as a last
        !            34:     recourse but not in the kernel, NDA never acceptable)</a>.
        !            35:     We want to make available source code that anyone can use for ANY
        !            36:     PURPOSE, with no restrictions.
        !            37:     <strong>We strive to make our software robust and secure, and encourage
        !            38:     companies to use whichever pieces they want to.</strong>  There are
        !            39:     <a href="products.html">commercial spin-offs</a> of OpenBSD.
        !            40: <p>
1.57      jufi       41: <li>Pay attention to <a href="security.html">security problems and fix
1.75    ! deraadt    42:     them before anyone else does</a>. (Try to be the #1 most
        !            43:     secure operating system.)
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1.57      jufi       45: <li><a href="crypto.html">Greater integration of cryptographic software.</a>
1.75    ! deraadt    46:     This means IPsec, key engines, Kerberos,
        !            47:     and other forms of strong crypto or crypto-using systems.
        !            48:     OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian
        !            49:     law it is legal to export crypto to the world (as
        !            50:     <a href="http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">
        !            51:     researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
        !            52:     <a href="http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html">
        !            53:     documented in the Export Control list of Canada</a>).
        !            54:     OpenBSD developers are doing active research and development on
        !            55:     IPsec.
        !            56: <p>
        !            57: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
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1.29      deraadt    59: <li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.
1.75    ! deraadt    60:     <a href="plat.html">Support as many different systems and hardware
        !            61:     as feasible.</a>
        !            62: <p>
1.21      kstailey   63: <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
1.75    ! deraadt    64:     basis of technical merit.
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1.69      deraadt    66: <li>Focus on being developer-oriented in all senses, including holding
1.75    ! deraadt    67:     developer-only events called <a href="hackathons.html">hackathons</a>.
        !            68: <p>
1.41      deraadt    69: <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.<p>
1.75    ! deraadt    70: <p>
        !            71: <li>Provide a good cross compile/development platform.
        !            72: <p>
1.3       fn         73: <li>Import external packages with minimal modifications - making upgrading
1.75    ! deraadt    74:     much easier. Also to submit back to the developers any changes made.
        !            75: <p>
        !            76: <li>Make a CDROM-based release approximately every six months.
1.1       david      77: </ul>
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                     80: <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Funding</font></h2>
1.26      deraadt    81:
1.75    ! deraadt    82: See our <a href="donations.html">Donations Page</a>.
1.47      deraadt    83:
1.57      jufi       84: <h2><font color="#e00000">Where do our developers live?</font></h2>
1.47      deraadt    85:
                     86: This map approximates where our developers live.  We will attempt to update it
1.48      wvdputte   87: occasionally, but please don't count on that.
1.47      deraadt    88:
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