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<a href="#history">History</a>
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<p>GrapheneOS was founded by Daniel Micay in late 2014. It started as a solo project
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and was subsequently sponsored by a company that is no longer associated with it. The
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copyright for GrapheneOS code is entirely owned by the GrapheneOS developers and is
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made available under OSI-approved Open Source licenses. The tiny portion of the code
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written by people under contract with the former sponsor was removed from the project
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due to the code becoming obsolete, long before it was known as GrapheneOS. The code
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that remains from the previous era is entirely owned by Daniel Micay, was never
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incorporating his previous open source privacy/security work.</p>
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<p>In late 2015, a company was incorporated which became the primary sponsor of the
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project. The intention was to use the company to build a business around GrapheneOS
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selling support, contract work and customized proprietary variants of the OS. The
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company was supposed to serve the needs of the open source project, rather than vice
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versa. It was explicitly agreed that GrapheneOS would remain independently owned and
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controlled by the developers. The company failed to live up the promises and is no
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longer associated in any way with GrapheneOS.</p>
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<p>The copyright for GrapheneOS code is entirely owned by the GrapheneOS developers
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and is made available under OSI-approved Open Source licenses. The tiny portion of the
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code written by people under contract with the former sponsor was removed from the
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project due to the code becoming obsolete, long before it was known as GrapheneOS. The
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code that remains from the previous era is entirely owned by Daniel Micay, was never
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written under any contracts or employment agreements, was never assigned to any
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company or organization and was the continuation of the original independent open
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source project. The former sponsor attempted to take over the project through
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coercion, but they were rebuked, and since then they've taken to fraudulently claiming
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ownership and authorship of our work which has no basis in fact. The former sponsor
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has engaged in a campaign of misinformation and harassment of contributors to the
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project. Be aware that they are actively trying to sabotage it through any means
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necessary while continuing to profit from our work.</p>
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source project.</p>
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<p>The former sponsor attempted to take over the project through coercion, but they
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were rebuked. Since then, they've taken to fraudulently claiming ownership and
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authorship of our work which has no basis in fact. The former sponsor has engaged in a
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campaign of misinformation and harassment of contributors to the project. Be aware
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that they are actively trying to sabotage it through any means necessary while
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continuing to profit from our work.</p>
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<p>This section was included here in response to the ongoing attacks on the project by
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the former sponsor. It will be substantially expanded in the near future.</p>
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<h2 id="roadmap">
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<a href="#roadmap">Roadmap</a>
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</h2>
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