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1.86      tj          5: <title>OpenBSD: Project Goals</title>
1.85      deraadt     6: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
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1.87      tb          8: <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.openbsd.org/goals.html">
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1.1       david      15:
1.91    ! bentley    16: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
1.85      deraadt    17: <a href="index.html">
1.91    ! bentley    18: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
        !            19: Project Goals
1.86      tj         20: </h2>
1.91    ! bentley    21:
1.57      jufi       22: <hr>
1.91    ! bentley    23:
1.86      tj         24: <p>
1.41      deraadt    25: Obviously, each developer working on OpenBSD has their own aims
1.57      jufi       26: and priorities, but it is possible to classify the goals we all share:
1.1       david      27:
                     28: <ul>
1.57      jufi       29: <li>Provide the best development platform possible.  <a href="anoncvs.html">
1.75      deraadt    30:     Provide full source access to developers and users, including the
                     31:     ability to look at CVS tree changes directly</a>.
                     32:     Users can even look at our source tree and changes
1.89      tb         33:     <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">directly on the web!</a>
1.75      deraadt    34: <p>
1.57      jufi       35: <li>Integrate good code from any source with <a href="policy.html">acceptable
1.81      schwarze   36:     licenses</a>.
                     37:     ISC or Berkeley style licences are preferred, the GPL is not acceptable
                     38:     when adding new code, NDAs are never acceptable.
1.75      deraadt    39:     We want to make available source code that anyone can use for ANY
                     40:     PURPOSE, with no restrictions.
                     41:     <strong>We strive to make our software robust and secure, and encourage
                     42:     companies to use whichever pieces they want to.</strong>  There are
1.84      tj         43:     commercial spin-offs of OpenBSD.
1.75      deraadt    44: <p>
1.57      jufi       45: <li>Pay attention to <a href="security.html">security problems and fix
1.75      deraadt    46:     them before anyone else does</a>. (Try to be the #1 most
                     47:     secure operating system.)
                     48: <p>
1.57      jufi       49: <li><a href="crypto.html">Greater integration of cryptographic software.</a>
1.75      deraadt    50:     OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian
                     51:     law it is legal to export crypto to the world (as
                     52:     <a href="http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">
                     53:     researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
1.90      tj         54:     <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180128032722/http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html">
1.75      deraadt    55:     documented in the Export Control list of Canada</a>).
                     56: <p>
                     57: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
                     58: <p>
1.29      deraadt    59: <li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.
1.75      deraadt    60:     <a href="plat.html">Support as many different systems and hardware
                     61:     as feasible.</a>
                     62: <p>
1.21      kstailey   63: <li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
1.75      deraadt    64:     basis of technical merit.
                     65: <p>
1.69      deraadt    66: <li>Focus on being developer-oriented in all senses, including holding
1.75      deraadt    67:     developer-only events called <a href="hackathons.html">hackathons</a>.
                     68: <p>
1.80      tedu       69: <li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.
1.78      tedu       70: <p>
1.88      tj         71: <li>Make a release approximately every six months.
1.1       david      72: </ul>
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1.91    ! bentley    74: <h2 id=funding>Project Funding</h2>
1.26      deraadt    75:
1.75      deraadt    76: See our <a href="donations.html">Donations Page</a>.
1.47      deraadt    77:
1.91    ! bentley    78: <h2>Where do our developers live?</h2>
1.47      deraadt    79:
                     80: This map approximates where our developers live.  We will attempt to update it
1.48      wvdputte   81: occasionally, but please don't count on that.
1.47      deraadt    82:
1.48      wvdputte   83: <p>
1.91    ! bentley    84: <img src="images/map.jpg" height=508 width=950 alt="World map" style="margin: auto">