GrapheneOS is an open source project.
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We allowed him to make a fork and sell devices with it but he thoroughly misrepresented that as being GrapheneOS behind our backs. He took advantage of the language barrier and our lack of awareness about Dutch media along with us being occupied by the attacks from Copperhead.
He was selling devices by misrepresenting his involvement and was going after other companies selling devices with GrapheneOS based on claiming to have created it. He donated a small portion of the sales to GrapheneOS, but the way he earned it money caused substantial harm to us.
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This isn't limited to tech news sites passing themselves off as credible sources. Here's one of the major Dutch news sites publishing his claims:
We've attached some screenshots of claimed achivements on Abdoul's website at https://aquax.nl/.
@GrapheneOS you know he's lying when it has to say "All Real" in the heading
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@TuxOnBike We've tried and they haven't done anything.
@GrapheneOS @TuxOnBike this seems like an opportunity to leverage your Motorola partnership and have their legal department help you out.
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He was selling devices by misrepresenting his involvement and was going after other companies selling devices with GrapheneOS based on claiming to have created it. He donated a small portion of the sales to GrapheneOS, but the way he earned it money caused substantial harm to us.
We've had to deal with an outrageous amount of nonsense over the years. There are two entirely separate people who have been falsely taking credit for our work for years. This guy getting arrested stopped it from proceeding further. It's hard to know how bad it would have been.
