cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/57178743

RyanL Bitwarden Employee

Hello everyone!

Starting in the next release, the Bitwarden apps published to the various stores will be the commercially licensed builds. No action is needed, and the apps will work exactly as they do today.

Bitwarden remains committed to open source security and transparency
The GPLv3 OSS licensed version continues to be updated and published on GitHub
All current features are available in both versions
License details are on GitHub
Bitwarden remains committed to a robust, free forever plan for everyone

If you have any questions, please ask them in this thread. Thanks all!

EDIT:

Bitwarden is not going closed-source
You can still fork Bitwarden
No change to self-hosting, the licensing change affects those who are repackaging and reselling Bitwarden
The free plan is here to stay permanently
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[–] -1 points 3 weeks ago* (7 children)

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/how-to/distribute/install-extensions

Literally the first hit.

Also, why would users of a proprietary platforms (because Chrome is the proprietary version of free Chromium) care? FOSS people use different platforms, such as Helium browser, LineageOS, etc.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (6 children)

    You think 99% of users will do that every time there's an update? That method doesn't auto-update. And iOS?

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    meaning most users will be affected by this

    I ask this again: How exactly? It's literally the same binary and the parties to blame are app stores and their EULAs. The alternative would be to remove GPLv3 apps from the app stores, something that absolutely would affect users.

    despite your bootlicking

    Ah, here we are. You realize that you have no arguments and now resort to insults, yet you're the one absolving the app store platforms and put all blame on the open source developer.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    The alternative would be to remove GPLv3 apps from the app stores, something that absolutely would affect users.

    That is exactly what they just announced, yes.

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