# CMake Country or Origin

**URL:** <https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-country-or-origin/1253>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-country-or-origin/1253 "2020-05-22T02:24:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wyomoose](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@wyomoose](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/wyomoose)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-country-or-origin/1253/1 "2020-05-22T02:24:23Z")

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We are currently using CMake. However in order to continue to use it on our system we have to show the country of origin of the software. From everything I can gather it is United States. Can anyone confirm that. Thanks for your time and understand this may not be the best place to ask.

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**Author:** ![bill.hoffman](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/bill.hoffman/32/13_2.png) [@bill.hoffman](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/bill.hoffman)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-country-or-origin/1253/2 "2020-05-22T21:05:18Z")

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Hi, this is a somewhat tricky question for an open source project. What I can say is that Kitware, Inc. is the originator (original funding came from NIH) of CMake and Kitware orchestrates the development process and is headquartered in the US. However, because it is an open source project contributions to CMake come from sources around the world.

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**Author:** ![wyomoose](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@wyomoose](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/wyomoose)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-country-or-origin/1253/3 "2020-05-22T21:10:28Z")

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Bill,

Thanks are awesome most of the open source guys don’t respond. Your answer really does help and we appreciateyour time.

v/r

Todd