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<title>OpenBSD: Project Goals</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="openbsd.css">
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<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.openbsd.org/goals.html">
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h2 {
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<h2 id=OpenBSD>
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<a href="index.html">
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<i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
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Project Goals
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</h2>
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<hr>
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<p>
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Obviously, each developer working on OpenBSD has their own aims
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and priorities, but it is possible to classify the goals we all share:
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<ul>
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<li>Provide the best development platform possible. <a href="anoncvs.html">
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Provide full source access to developers and users, including the
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ability to look at CVS tree changes directly</a>.
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Users can even look at our source tree and changes
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<a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">directly on the web!</a>
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<p>
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<li>Integrate good code from any source with <a href="policy.html">acceptable
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licenses</a>.
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ISC or Berkeley style licences are preferred, the GPL is not acceptable
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when adding new code, NDAs are never acceptable.
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We want to make available source code that anyone can use for ANY
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PURPOSE, with no restrictions.
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<strong>We strive to make our software robust and secure, and encourage
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companies to use whichever pieces they want to.</strong> There are
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commercial spin-offs of OpenBSD.
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<p>
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<li>Pay attention to <a href="security.html">security problems and fix
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them before anyone else does</a>. (Try to be the #1 most
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secure operating system.)
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<li><a href="crypto.html">Greater integration of cryptographic software.</a>
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OpenBSD is developed and released from Canada and due to Canadian
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law it is legal to export crypto to the world (as
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<a href="http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">
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researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
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<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180128032722/http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html">
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documented in the Export Control list of Canada</a>).
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<li>Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open, etc.)
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<p>
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<li>Work towards a very machine independent source tree.
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<a href="plat.html">Support as many different systems and hardware
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as feasible.</a>
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<p>
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<li>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the
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basis of technical merit.
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<li>Focus on being developer-oriented in all senses, including holding
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developer-only events called <a href="hackathons.html">hackathons</a>.
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<p>
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<li>Do not let serious problems sit unsolved.
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<li>Make a release approximately every six months.
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</ul>
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<h2 id=funding>Project Funding</h2>
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See our <a href="donations.html">Donations Page</a>.
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<h2>Where do our developers live?</h2>
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This map approximates where our developers live. We will attempt to update it
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occasionally, but please don't count on that.
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<p>
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<img src="images/map.jpg" height=508 width=950 alt="World map" style="margin: auto">
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