| From: Russell Reiter <rreiter91@gmail.com> | This looks like a false flag operation to me. Skull vs. Bones. It's really hard to tell what's going on in Cyanogen Inc.'s "mind". They sure don't seem to be free-software types from their talk or actions. Here's a summary from a comment posted to the article <http://www.androidauthority.com/cyanogen-google-kirt-mcmaster-582373/> How can you sign an exclusive deal with free software? The gist of it is that OnePlus was supposed to launch the One in India with CyanogenMod as usual, but Cyanogen left OnePlus out in the cold by signing an exclusive agreement with Micromax from India. The agreement states that Cyanogen is to exclusively support the latter's upcoming online brand Yu -- a direct competitor of OnePlus -- in India. The big problem is that Cyanogen apparently knew fully well that OnePlus was going to expand to India and decided to sign the agreement with Micromax anyway, backstabbing the brand that had helped them so far. According to OnePlus's co founder Carl Pei, OnePlus "can't explain Cyanogen's decision because we don't fully understand it ourselves,". Keep in mind that during this time OnePlus was swamped with things like their deal with Amazon India, their Black Friday sale and the opening of their store in Beijing. This forced the already busy OnePlus to start developing their own ROM based on Android Lollipop. This could've ended right there, but Cyanogen's founder Steve Kondik took to Google+ and accused OnePlus of stealing features from CyanogenMod for their own ROM. This act was the solidifying act that will probably end their relationship not too long from now. For now, all international units are still supported by Cyanogen, but Pei has hinted that they may no longer continue updating the phone in a year. TL;DR - OnePlus wanted to release the One in India, Cyanogen backstabbed them by signing an exclusive deal with Micromax, OnePlus got frustrated and decided to make their own ROM, Cyanogen accused them of stealing from Cyanogen and their relationship is now very rocky.