asudox@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoConcerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down1102 cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldbitwarden@discuss.tchncs.de
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minus-squareasudox@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months 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
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