By the time linux came to be, Unix was already genericized and there were many similar *x products. Bitwarden is a not a generic term for all things that store even just passwords let alone random other stuff.

It's a particular recognizable name that a specific single someone else paid a bunch of advertizing money to build.

c++ is actually c + stuff, and neither are individual brands or projects but specs. Everyone is free to make a something-c or c-something. msvcc and gcc are not anyvsort of gotcha. The various bsds are forks of bsd. Neither of these map to this case. (is linkwarden a fork of bitwarden? a superset or subset of bitwarden?)

vim is literally a development of vi, which is again not anyones brand anyway. Though I would actually say the same thing in that case. I don't think neovim should call itself anything-vim either because it's not, it's just a new editor that has essentially no connection to vi or vim.

It's not c++ or *bsd, it's calling your new cookie Moreos. It's not illegal just lame.

> it's calling your new cookie Moreos. It's not illegal just lame.

It's a grand tradition of FOSS and it's awesome. We need a rule: No denegrating someone else's wit without putting something better - of your own - out there.