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Posted by Cider9986 9 hours ago

Bitwarden Dual License Model(community.bitwarden.com)
328 points | 240 commentspage 3
snapplebobapple 4 hours ago|
So is there an alternative that i can migrate my business to with sso and zerotrust?
anilgulecha 8 hours ago||
Rust based vaultwarden awaits.
EasyMark 3 hours ago|
if you like maintaining servers that are exposed to the web in the age of AI rogue agents
aetherspawn 2 hours ago||
Switch to free Apple Passwords and call it a day.
economic9725 3 hours ago||
Don't be evil. Always.
robertlane0 7 hours ago||
Licensing changes aside, this is why I've never been enthused for hosted password management, it's too easy for the terms of the agreement to change. (And in the case of LastPass, endless breaches). Honestly, plain KeePassXC and an arrangement to sync the password database has served me well because I can use any compatible client I can trust with it.
basilgohar 7 hours ago||
Vaultwarden is a self-hostable protocol-equivalent alternative.
contravariant 8 hours ago||
I'm a bit confused what they're actually doing. Their code is now covered by two different licenses with each file licensed under one of the two and they claim the resulting application is using the commercial Bitwarden license and not the GPL license?

How on earth does that work? Is that something the GPL license even allows?

This sounds like they're just taking a GPL licensed application and using it for themselves to make money.

watusername 7 hours ago|
It's how a lot of open-core products work. Basically, when you hold the copyright, you can apply whatever license you wish when distributing the software at any time. People can use existing copies of the code under their old licenses, but they must follow the new terms if they acquire the code through the new channels.

To get any PR merged in Bitwarden, you are forced to sign a CLA that reassigns copyright to Bitwarden Inc so they can relicense as they wish.

> How on earth does that work? Is that something the GPL license even allows?

GPL doesn't apply in this case, since the copy that you are acquiring is entirely under the commercial license.

contravariant 3 hours ago||
> To get any PR merged in Bitwarden, you are forced to sign a CLA that reassigns copyright to Bitwarden Inc so they can relicense as they wish.

Ah I see, yes that would explain it. That makes this a bit more concerning I suppose.

EasyMark 3 hours ago||
why do I always feel like "this is where the enshittification begins" when I hear about license changes, even though these seem kind of harmless? But I'm not a lawyer so my hackles always hackle. And yes I am a paying customer, currently
PunchyHamster 5 hours ago|
VC money gonna get their returns one way or another

> Some future components will be published under the commercial license and will exist only in that build. Newly developed features will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis for which license applies to them.

by which it means "no new features will land in OSS versions", as is tradition for open core development

EasyMark 3 hours ago|
that's what it always seems like. buy a viable company, load it up with debt until it bankrupts, take your fees, declare bankruptcy.
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