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<p>GrapheneOS was founded by Daniel Micay in late 2014. It started as a solo project
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<p>GrapheneOS was founded by Daniel Micay in late 2014. It started as a solo project
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incorporating his previous open source privacy/security work.</p>
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incorporating his previous open source privacy/security work. The project initially
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created a port of OpenBSD malloc to Android's Bionic libc and a port of the PaX kernel
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patches to the kernels for the supported devices. It quickly expanded to having a
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large set of homegrown privacy and security improvements, particularly low-level
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hardening work on the compiler toolchain and Bionic. Work began on landing code
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upstream in AOSP and other upstream projects. A substantial portion of these early
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changes were either successfully landed upstream or heavily influenced the upstream
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changes which replaced them. The project was able to move very quickly in these days
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because there was so much low hanging fruit to address and it wasn't yet trying to
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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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<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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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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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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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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versa. It was explicitly agreed that GrapheneOS would remain independently owned and
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controlled by Daniel Micay. The company failed to live up the promises and is no
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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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longer associated in any way with GrapheneOS.</p>
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<p>The former sponsor attempted to take over the project through coercion, but they
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<p>The former sponsor attempted to take over the project through coercion, but they
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