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