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diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html index 05dafc99..01b8aeac 100644 --- a/static/faq.html +++ b/static/faq.html @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ <li><a href="#features">What features does GrapheneOS implement?</a></li> <li><a href="#anti-theft">Does GrapheneOS provide Factory Reset Protection?</a></li> <li><a href="#bundled-apps">Why aren't my favorite apps bundled with GrapheneOS?</a></li> + <li><a href="#copyright-and-licensing">Who owns the GrapheneOS code and how is it licensed?</a></li> </ul> </nav> @@ -911,6 +912,36 @@ forbid using GrapheneOS as a replacement for the Android Open Source Project in locked down devices.</p> </article> + + <article id="copyright-and-licensing"> + <h2><a href="#copyright-and-licensing">Who owns the GrapheneOS code and how is it licensed?</a></h2> + + <p>The copyright for GrapheneOS code is entirely owned by the GrapheneOS developers + and is made available under OSI-approved Open Source licenses. The upstream licensing + is inherited for the modifications to those projects and MIT licensing is used for our + own standalone projects. GrapheneOS has never had any copyright assignment and the + developers have always owned their own contributions.</p> + + <p>The tiny portion of the code written by people under contract with the former + sponsor has not been included in the project since it was ported from Android Oreo to + Pie in 2018. This code became obsolete and was no longer useful. The vast majority of + the code from the previous era was owned by Daniel Micay, with very few exceptions. It + 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 code was originally published under the same permissive open + source licenses that are used by GrapheneOS today. Only a small portion of this + historical code is actually still in use today. Most has become obsolete or has been + replaced by rewrites taking better approaches than in the past.</p> + + <p>There was an era from September 2016 until the project split from the former + sponsor in 2018 where non-commercial usage licensing was used for revisions to the + existing permissively licensed code. This was an attempt to prop up the sponsor that + was supposed to be supporting the open source project. This did not impact ownership + of the code and Daniel Micay has relicensed the portions of the code that are used by + GrapheneOS. GrapheneOS does not contain any code based on code under non-commercial + usage licensing. Great care was taken to avoid pulling in anything that was not solely + owned by Daniel Micay, which was the case for nearly everything in the project.</p> + </article> </main> <footer> <a href="/"><img src="/logo.png" width="512" height="512" alt=""/>GrapheneOS</a> diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html index c595abbc..09ebbc47 100644 --- a/static/index.html +++ b/static/index.html @@ -214,31 +214,10 @@ <section id="copyright-and-licensing"> <h2><a href="#copyright-and-licensing">Copyright and licensing</a></h2> - <p>The copyright for GrapheneOS code is entirely owned by the GrapheneOS developers - and is made available under OSI-approved Open Source licenses. The upstream licensing - is inherited for the modifications to those projects and MIT licensing is used for our - own standalone projects. GrapheneOS has never had any copyright assignment and the - developers have always owned their own contributions.</p> - - <p>The tiny portion of the code written by people under contract with the former - sponsor has not been included in the project since it was ported from Android Oreo to - Pie in 2018. This code became obsolete and was no longer useful. The vast majority of - the code from the previous era was owned by Daniel Micay, with very few exceptions. It - 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 code was originally published under the same permissive open - source licenses that are used by GrapheneOS today. Only a small portion of this - historical code is actually still in use today. Most has become obsolete or has been - replaced by rewrites taking better approaches than in the past.</p> - - <p>There was an era from September 2016 until the project split from the former - sponsor in 2018 where non-commercial usage licensing was used for revisions to the - existing permissively licensed code. This was an attempt to prop up the sponsor that - was supposed to be supporting the open source project. This did not impact ownership - of the code and Daniel Micay has relicensed the portions of the code that are used by - GrapheneOS. GrapheneOS does not contain any code based on code under non-commercial - usage licensing. Great care was taken to avoid pulling in anything that was not solely - owned by Daniel Micay, which was the case for nearly everything in the project.</p> + <p>GrapheneOS is permissively licensed and has never used copyright assignment, so + the work is owned by the developers. See the + <a href="/faq#copyright-and-licensing">FAQ entry on copyright and licensing</a> + for more details.</p> </section> <section id="roadmap"> |