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Bitwarden Switches to Commercial License (community.bitwarden.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[-] dmtalon@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago

Sigh... I hope this isn't the first move of enshitifying bitwarden. I read the comments/replies and hope this is benign but I'm now nervous

[-] scytale@piefed.zip 75 points 3 weeks ago

The first move was when they hired a CEO who comes from private equity. This is the second move.

[-] mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com 50 points 3 weeks ago

I think it is the next move (not the first) in enshittifying bitwarden. I think the first move was the leadership change announced in May.

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