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1.6       deraadt     4: <title>OpenBSD Project Goals</title>
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1.1       david      12:
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1.41      deraadt    14: <p>
1.57      jufi       15: <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Goals</font></h2>
                     16: <hr>
1.17      downsj     17:
                     18: <p>
1.41      deraadt    19: Obviously, each developer working on OpenBSD has their own aims
1.57      jufi       20: and priorities, but it is possible to classify the goals we all share:
1.1       david      21:
1.57      jufi       22: <p>
1.1       david      23: <ul>
1.57      jufi       24: <li>Provide the best development platform possible.  <a href="anoncvs.html">
1.75      deraadt    25:     Provide full source access to developers and users, including the
                     26:     ability to look at CVS tree changes directly</a>.
                     27:     Users can even look at our source tree and changes
1.79      nick       28:     <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">directly on the web!</a>
1.75      deraadt    29: <p>
1.57      jufi       30: <li>Integrate good code from any source with <a href="policy.html">acceptable
1.81      schwarze   31:     licenses</a>.
                     32:     ISC or Berkeley style licences are preferred, the GPL is not acceptable
                     33:     when adding new code, NDAs are never acceptable.
1.75      deraadt    34:     We want to make available source code that anyone can use for ANY
                     35:     PURPOSE, with no restrictions.
                     36:     <strong>We strive to make our software robust and secure, and encourage
                     37:     companies to use whichever pieces they want to.</strong>  There are
                     38:     <a href="products.html">commercial spin-offs</a> of OpenBSD.
                     39: <p>
1.57      jufi       40: <li>Pay attention to <a href="security.html">security problems and fix
1.75      deraadt    41:     them before anyone else does</a>. (Try to be the #1 most
                     42:     secure operating system.)
                     43: <p>
1.57      jufi       44: <li><a href="crypto.html">Greater integration of cryptographic software.</a>
1.75      deraadt    45:     OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian
                     46:     law it is legal to export crypto to the world (as
                     47:     <a href="http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">
                     48:     researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
                     49:     <a href="http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html">
                     50:     documented in the Export Control list of Canada</a>).
                     51: <p>
                     52: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
                     53: <p>
1.29      deraadt    54: <li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.
1.75      deraadt    55:     <a href="plat.html">Support as many different systems and hardware
                     56:     as feasible.</a>
                     57: <p>
1.21      kstailey   58: <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
1.75      deraadt    59:     basis of technical merit.
                     60: <p>
1.69      deraadt    61: <li>Focus on being developer-oriented in all senses, including holding
1.75      deraadt    62:     developer-only events called <a href="hackathons.html">hackathons</a>.
                     63: <p>
1.80      tedu       64: <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.
1.78      tedu       65: <p>
1.75      deraadt    66: <li>Make a CDROM-based release approximately every six months.
1.1       david      67: </ul>
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                     70: <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Funding</font></h2>
1.26      deraadt    71:
1.75      deraadt    72: See our <a href="donations.html">Donations Page</a>.
1.47      deraadt    73:
1.57      jufi       74: <h2><font color="#e00000">Where do our developers live?</font></h2>
1.47      deraadt    75:
                     76: This map approximates where our developers live.  We will attempt to update it
1.48      wvdputte   77: occasionally, but please don't count on that.
1.47      deraadt    78:
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                     81: <img src="images/map.jpg" height=508 width=950 alt= "World map">
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