Official Project Goals:

Provide the best development platform possible
Integrate good code that anyone can use for ANY PURPOSE, with no restrictions.
Pay attention to security problems and fix them before anyone else
Integration of cryptographic software
Track and implement standards (ANSI, POSIX, parts of X/Open)
Work towards a machine independant source tree
Be as politics-free as possible
Focus on being developer-oriented in all senses
Do not let serious problems sit unsolved
Provide a good cross compile/development platform
Import external packages with minimal modifications