From 325785e73b3e07f59ce72dd3428881bf194ab40a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Micay 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. 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. 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.
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.
+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.
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