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Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source(www.phoronix.com)

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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The clients are free.

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pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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They now require a non-free Bitwarden SDK component. That’s what this whole conversation is about.

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Aisteru@lemmy.aisteru.ch
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Could you ELI5 please?

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asudox@programming.devOP
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“You may not use this SDK to develop applications for use with software other than Bitwarden (including non-compatible implementations of Bitwarden) or to develop another SDK.”

This is a condition when using their SDK. This is not considered a free (as in freedom) component because it violates freedom 0: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#four-freedoms

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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And the whole conversation is about a bug, not a change in direction…

Update: Bitwarden posted to X this evening to reaffirm that it’s a “packaging bug” and that “Bitwarden remains committed to the open source licensing model.”

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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Only the desktop client. And the response is that not being able to compile sans SDK is an issue they will resolve.

I still think this is bad directionally, but we need to see what happens.

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