#use wml::ossp area=doc:summary

<title>Documentation</title>

<subtitle>Project Summary</subtitle>

<h1>Project Summary</h1>

<p>
OSSP is a fully non-profit <a href="http://www.opensource.org/"><b>Open
Source Software</b></a> project, founded by <a
href="http://www.engelschall.com/">Ralf S. Engelschall</a> in
1998. The goal is the implementation of high-quality Unix software
components, ranging from <a href="$(ROOT)/pkg/lib/sa/">networking</a>,
<a href="$(ROOT)/pkg/lib/pth/">multi-threading</a> and <a
href="$(ROOT)/pkg/lib/act/">algorithmic</a> libraries to <a
href="$(ROOT)/pkg/tool/lmtp2nntp/">networking</a> servers and <a
href="$(ROOT)/pkg/tool/shtool/">development</a> tools.

<p>
OSSP itself actually can be considered a meta-project, consisting of
numerous <a href="$(ROOT)/pkg/"><b>projects</b></a>. Each project is
a solution to a particular problem and usually released separately. At
a later stage, all sub-projects together could form something like a
<i>Next Generation Internet Server Platform</i> (NGISP). 

<p>
But the NGISP goal is just a long-term one. The short-term goals of OSSP
are to provide the individual software components for making the life
easier of developers in the Internet Services field.