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16: <i><font color="#0000ff">Open</font></i><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
17: <font color="#e00000">Project Goals</font>
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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:
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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
1.89 ! tb 31: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">directly on the web!</a>
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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.)
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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>).
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55: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
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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>
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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.
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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>.
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1.80 tedu 67: <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.
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1.88 tj 69: <li>Make a release approximately every six months.
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73: <h2><font color="#e00000">Project Funding</font></h2>
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1.75 deraadt 75: See our <a href="donations.html">Donations Page</a>.
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1.57 jufi 77: <h2><font color="#e00000">Where do our developers live?</font></h2>
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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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