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1.57 jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Goals</font></h2>
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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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1.1 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>
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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.
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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: OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian
47: law it is legal to export crypto to the world (as
48: <a href="http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">
49: researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
50: <a href="http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html">
51: documented in the Export Control list of Canada</a>).
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53: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
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1.29 deraadt 55: <li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.
1.75 deraadt 56: <a href="plat.html">Support as many different systems and hardware
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1.21 kstailey 59: <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
1.75 deraadt 60: basis of technical merit.
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1.69 deraadt 62: <li>Focus on being developer-oriented in all senses, including holding
1.75 deraadt 63: developer-only events called <a href="hackathons.html">hackathons</a>.
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1.41 deraadt 65: <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.<p>
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67: <li>Make a CDROM-based release approximately every six months.
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71: <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Funding</font></h2>
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1.75 deraadt 73: See our <a href="donations.html">Donations Page</a>.
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1.57 jufi 75: <h2><font color="#e00000">Where do our developers live?</font></h2>
1.47 deraadt 76:
77: This map approximates where our developers live. We will attempt to update it
1.48 wvdputte 78: occasionally, but please don't count on that.
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