• @rockstarmode@lemmy.world
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    44 days ago

    bitwarden became proprietary a while ago

    I’m interested in hearing more about this. I recall there being a mixup in packaging and people asked a bunch of questions about licensing. But as far as I can tell the client and server code is still available as open source (under various licenses) and the repos are frequently updated.

    This is an honest question, I promise. I haven’t found anything that points to regular users being pushed to anything proprietary, and no new discussions since late 2024.

    • @ipitco@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
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      4 days ago

      Afaik they pushed code that belonged to them and might not entirely be legal to compile yourself due to the code having a different licence. I believe they have 2 things now: the code is still open source, but a part of it is not free to use. The code can still be compiled by using different libraries and I think they support both but it was hard to understand so I don’t really know.

      Also the affected code wasn’t on a super important feature iirc

      I might be completely wrong though

      • SkaveRat
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        14 days ago

        It was an accidental fuckup on their end that they fixed

          • SkaveRat
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            14 days ago

            Iirc it’s about what it looked like at first, they just didn’t intent to (at least officially. Who knows if they just reverted due to the outcry)

            • @ipitco@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
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              24 days ago

              Who knows if they just reverted due to the outcry

              That’s why it’s important to call out, even if it’s not a lot