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title: Partners
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permalink: /partners/
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redirect_from: /en/partners/
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Qubes Partners
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This page is dedicated to recognizing the organizations, companies, and
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individuals who have contributed support to the development of Qubes OS. The
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Qubes Project is grateful for their support! If your organization is interested
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in becoming a Qubes Partner, please [contact us]. You can also read more about
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how Qubes is [funded] and about making a [monetary donation] to the project.
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<table class="partners">
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<th>Tier</th>
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<th>Partner</th>
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<th>Description</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr id="invisible-things-lab">
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<td rowspan="2">
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$500,000+
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</td>
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<td>
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<a href="http://invisiblethingslab.com/itl/Welcome.html">
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<img src="/attachment/site/itl.png">
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</a>
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</td>
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<td>
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<a href="http://invisiblethingslab.com/itl/Welcome.html">Invisible
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Things Lab s.c. (ITL)</a> is a privately held company based in
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Warsaw, Poland, owned by Joanna Rutkowska and Joanna Gołębiewska. ITL
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supported Qubes OS development from the beginning of the project in 2010
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until the end of 2014. ITL's primary source of revenue is security
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research and development.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="open-technology-fund">
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<td>
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<a href="https://www.opentechfund.org/">
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<img src="/attachment/site/OTF-logo.png">
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</a>
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<td>
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<a href="https://www.opentechfund.org/">Open Technology Fund (OTF)</a>
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is a United States government-funded program of
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<a href="http://www.rfa.org">Radio Free Asia</a>, whose
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<a href="https://www.opentech.fund/about/program">stated mission</a> is
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to "support open technologies and communities that increase free
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expression, circumvent censorship, and obstruct repressive surveillance
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as a way to promote human rights and open societies." In 2015-2016, OTF
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<a href="https://www.opentech.fund/project/qubes-os">funded</a> the
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Qubes project in a number of activities to improve Qubes, make it easier
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to use and more accessible. In 2014-2015, OTF
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<a href="https://www.opentech.fund/project/qubes-os">funded</a> the
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Qubes project to integrate <a href="https://www.whonix.org/">Whonix</a>,
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improve hardware compatibility and user experience. The complete
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announcement is available
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<a href="http://blog.invisiblethings.org/2015/06/04/otf-funding-announcement.html">here</a>.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="access-now">
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<td rowspan="2">
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$10,000+
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</td>
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<td>
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<a href="https://www.accessnow.org/">
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<img src="/attachment/site/accessnow.png">
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</a>
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<td>
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<a href="https://www.accessnow.org/">Access Now</a> is an international
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human rights organization whose
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<a href="https://www.accessnow.org/about-us/">stated mission</a> is to
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"defend and extend the digital rights of users at risk around the
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world." Beginning in 2015, Access Now generously agreed to provide staff
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time to help manage the Qubes OS project.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="nlnet-foundation">
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<td>
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<a href="https://nlnet.nl">
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<img src="/attachment/site/nlnet.gif">
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</a>
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</td>
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<td>
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<a href="https://nlnet.nl">Stichting NLnet</a> ("NLnet Foundation" in
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English) is a recognized philanthropic non-profit foundation based in
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the Netherlands, whose <a href="https://nlnet.nl/foundation/">stated
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mission</a> is "to promote the exchange of electronic information
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and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose." In 2016, the
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NLnet Foundation provided a grant to the Qubes project to support
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improvements in automated build processes, Debian template packaging,
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networking & privacy, and hardware compatibility.
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</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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[funded]: /funding/
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[monetary donation]: /donate/
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[contact us]: mailto:funding@qubes-os.org
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