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1.86      tj          4: <title>OpenBSD: Project Goals</title>
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1.1       david      13:
1.85      deraadt    14: <h2>
                     15: <a href="index.html">
                     16: <i><font color="#0000ff">Open</font></i><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
                     17: <font color="#e00000">Project Goals</font>
1.86      tj         18: </h2>
1.57      jufi       19: <hr>
1.86      tj         20: <p>
1.17      downsj     21:
1.41      deraadt    22: Obviously, each developer working on OpenBSD has their own aims
1.57      jufi       23: and priorities, but it is possible to classify the goals we all share:
1.1       david      24:
1.57      jufi       25: <p>
1.1       david      26: <ul>
1.57      jufi       27: <li>Provide the best development platform possible.  <a href="anoncvs.html">
1.75      deraadt    28:     Provide full source access to developers and users, including the
                     29:     ability to look at CVS tree changes directly</a>.
                     30:     Users can even look at our source tree and changes
1.79      nick       31:     <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">directly on the web!</a>
1.75      deraadt    32: <p>
1.57      jufi       33: <li>Integrate good code from any source with <a href="policy.html">acceptable
1.81      schwarze   34:     licenses</a>.
                     35:     ISC or Berkeley style licences are preferred, the GPL is not acceptable
                     36:     when adding new code, NDAs are never acceptable.
1.75      deraadt    37:     We want to make available source code that anyone can use for ANY
                     38:     PURPOSE, with no restrictions.
                     39:     <strong>We strive to make our software robust and secure, and encourage
                     40:     companies to use whichever pieces they want to.</strong>  There are
1.84      tj         41:     commercial spin-offs of OpenBSD.
1.75      deraadt    42: <p>
1.57      jufi       43: <li>Pay attention to <a href="security.html">security problems and fix
1.75      deraadt    44:     them before anyone else does</a>. (Try to be the #1 most
                     45:     secure operating system.)
                     46: <p>
1.57      jufi       47: <li><a href="crypto.html">Greater integration of cryptographic software.</a>
1.75      deraadt    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: <p>
                     55: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
                     56: <p>
1.29      deraadt    57: <li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.
1.75      deraadt    58:     <a href="plat.html">Support as many different systems and hardware
                     59:     as feasible.</a>
                     60: <p>
1.21      kstailey   61: <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
1.75      deraadt    62:     basis of technical merit.
                     63: <p>
1.69      deraadt    64: <li>Focus on being developer-oriented in all senses, including holding
1.75      deraadt    65:     developer-only events called <a href="hackathons.html">hackathons</a>.
                     66: <p>
1.80      tedu       67: <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.
1.78      tedu       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.
1.47      deraadt    81:
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