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

submitted 1 month ago by AsudoxDev@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[-] pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 month ago

Isn't Vaultwarden used with non-free Bitwarden clients?

[-] bilb@lem.monster 3 points 1 month ago

This need not be the case, though! There's an open source client on Android called Keyguard. I don't think the desktop app was at all useful anyway. You can just log into your Vaultwarden through any browser. The desktop app is pointless.

[-] 486@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

True, but the firefox extension is nice.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 1 month ago

The clients are free.

[-] pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago

They now require a non-free Bitwarden SDK component. That's what this whole conversation is about.

[-] aisteru@lemmy.aisteru.ch 2 points 1 month ago

Could you ELI5 please?

[-] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

"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

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

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."

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 1 month ago

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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