asudox@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 小时前Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down16 cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldbitwarden@lemmy.mllinux@programming.devlinux@lemmy.worldbitwarden@discuss.tchncs.denews@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showphoronix@lemmy.world
arrow-up1472arrow-down1external-linkConcerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comasudox@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 小时前message-square103fedilink cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldbitwarden@lemmy.mllinux@programming.devlinux@lemmy.worldbitwarden@discuss.tchncs.denews@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showphoronix@lemmy.world
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 小时前The clients are free.
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 小时前They now require a non-free Bitwarden SDK component. That’s what this whole conversation is about.
minus-squareasudox@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 小时前“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
The clients are free.
They now require a non-free Bitwarden SDK component. That’s what this whole conversation is about.
Could you ELI5 please?
“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