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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:
                     20: <p>
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:
1.1       david      23:
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
1.79    ! nick       30:     <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">directly on the web!</a>
1.75      deraadt    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.)
                     44: <p>
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>).
                     52: <p>
                     53: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
                     54: <p>
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
                     57:     as feasible.</a>
                     58: <p>
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>.
                     64: <p>
1.41      deraadt    65: <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.<p>
1.75      deraadt    66: <p>
1.78      tedu       67: <li>Provide a good development platform.
                     68: <p>
1.75      deraadt    69: <li>Make a CDROM-based release approximately every six months.
1.1       david      70: </ul>
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                     73: <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Funding</font></h2>
1.26      deraadt    74:
1.75      deraadt    75: See our <a href="donations.html">Donations Page</a>.
1.47      deraadt    76:
1.57      jufi       77: <h2><font color="#e00000">Where do our developers live?</font></h2>
1.47      deraadt    78:
                     79: This map approximates where our developers live.  We will attempt to update it
1.48      wvdputte   80: occasionally, but please don't count on that.
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