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1.91 ! bentley 18: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
! 19: Project Goals
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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:
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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.)
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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>).
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57: <li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
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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
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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.
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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>.
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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>
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1.75 deraadt 76: See our <a href="donations.html">Donations Page</a>.
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1.91 ! bentley 78: <h2>Where do our developers live?</h2>
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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.
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