former name of the project + former sponsor
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produce a highly robust, production quality OS.</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 Daniel Micay. This 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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project. GrapheneOS was previously known as CopperheadOS while it was sponsored by
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this company. The intention was to use the company to build a business around
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GrapheneOS selling support, contract work and customized proprietary variants of the
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OS. The company was supposed to serve the needs of the open source project, rather
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than vice versa. It was explicitly agreed that GrapheneOS would remain independently
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owned and controlled by Daniel Micay. This company failed to live up the promises and
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is no longer associated in any way with GrapheneOS. The fact that the company was
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accidentally founded as 'Coppperhead Limited' was just the beginning of a multi-year
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trainwreck holding back and poisoning a successful open source project it ended up
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leeching off rather than supporting.</p>
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<p>In 2018, the former sponsor attempted to take over the project through coercion,
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but they were rebuked. They seized the infrastructure and stole the donations, but the
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project successfully moved on without them and has been fully revived. Since then,
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they've taken to fraudulently claiming ownership and authorship of our work, which has
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no basis in fact. They've tried to retroactively change the terms of their involvement
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and rewrite the history of the project. These claims are easily falsified through the
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public record and by people involved with the open source project and the former
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sponsor. This former sponsor has engaged in a campaign of misinformation and
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harassment of contributors to the project. Be aware that they are actively trying to
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sabotage GrapheneOS and are engaging in many forms of attacks against the project, the
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developers, contributors and supporters. Meanwhile, they continue profiting from our
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open source work which they falsely claim as their own creation.</p>
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<p>In 2018, the company was hijacked by the CEO who attempted to take over the project
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through coercion, but they were rebuked. They seized the infrastructure and stole the
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donations, but the project successfully moved on without them and has been fully
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revived. Since then, they've taken to fraudulently claiming ownership and authorship
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of our work, which has no basis in fact. They've tried to retroactively change the
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terms of their involvement and rewrite the history of the project. These claims are
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easily falsified through the public record and by people involved with the open source
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project and the former sponsor. This former sponsor has engaged in a campaign of
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misinformation and harassment of contributors to the project. Be aware that they are
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actively trying to sabotage GrapheneOS and are engaging in many forms of attacks
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against the project, the developers, contributors and supporters. Meanwhile, they
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continue profiting from our open source work which they falsely claim as their own
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creation.</p>
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<p>After splitting from the former sponsor, the project was rebranded to
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AndroidHardening and then to GrapheneOS and it has continued down the original path of
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