github.com/GrapheneOS/har was initially released in August 2018. I developed it to replace the port of OpenBSD malloc to Linux and Android that I made in 2014.
Copperhead was founded in late 2015 and split from my open source Android hardening project in June 2018.
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My open source Android hardening project had already been renamed to the Android Hardening project when hardened_malloc was developed and released.
The hardened_malloc license requires attribution. License and copyright header needs to be included by anything using the code.
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Copperhead is misrepresenting my allocator hardening work throughout the years as their own. They're fraudulently misrepresenting my open source work throughout the years as their own and by not complying with the licensing. This is a particularly egregious case of it though.
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I have never been an employee of Copperhead. There was never any employment agreement or salary. They made retroactive changes claiming I was an employee in 2017 and early 2018 before pushing me out. Even if that was true (it's not), this work was not done in that time period...
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Copperhead also fraudulently claims to have upstreamed code in AOSP, which is not the case. I landed changes in AOSP as an individual. I explicitly signed the CLA with Google as an individual. They also falsely claim credit for work done entirely by Google with no coordination.
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Similarly, they've tried to imply that they have involvement in the Seedvault project which is not the case. They've made no contributions to Seedvault. It was created by Steve Soltys and has done the bulk of recent development. Copperhead has no involvement.
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My involvement in Seedvault was coming up with the concept and inspiring the author to create it. Calyx stepped up to help get it past the finish line to a stable release and is continuing to make substantial improvements. This is a team effort, not involving Copperhead at all.
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Copperhead continues to claim credit for work done by others. They also falsely claimed that Calyx and many other organizations were their partners when it wasn't the case. They've removed those claims, but they continue to make these kinds of false claims. The fraud never ends.
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There are not more important things to do. Copperhead is waging a war against GrapheneOS and the GrapheneOS developers while selling our work. They filed a lawsuit against me based on their false claims. We've filed counterclaims and we're filing our own lawsuit against them.
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They regularly spread misinformation about GrapheneOS and the developers. They make threats against developers and others involved in helping the project. They've caused substantial damage. They're also scamming people out of a lot of money selling a ripoff of our work to them.
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