asudox to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 17 hours agoConcerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1510arrow-down16cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.worldnews
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minus-square@pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish14•7 hours agoThey now require a non-free Bitwarden SDK component. That’s what this whole conversation is about.
minus-squareasudoxOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 hours 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
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