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May The Source Be With You! Articles about Open Source and Free Software as a philosophy, and its application to software development and project management.

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UPDATED APRIL 8, 2020

To keep this tag clean and meaningful, please ensure your post fits into at least one of the following categories:

Organizing, managing, running, or working in an Open Source project.
Open Source philosophy, licensing, and/or practical and legal topics thereof.
Advocacy and adoption of Open Source philosophy.

DO NOT use this tag if you are simply using technologies which happen to be open source.

You should NOT use this tag for any of the following:

Promoting open source projects, such as feature lists or announcements. (Use #news or Listings.)
Contributor requests. (Use #contributorswanted or Listings.)
Tutorials/articles that happen to use an open source tool. (Use appropriate technology tags.)
Showing off something you've built that happens to be open source. (Use the #showdev tag.)
Sharing lists of open source projects. (Use #githunt or the appropriate technology tags.)

Projects must comply with the Open Source Definition (see below) to legally use the term "open source".

As all "Free Software" officially complies with the standards of Open Source anyway, this tag covers both (collectively, FOSS).

about #opensource

Open Source is so much more than "you can read the code". It is formally defined by the Open Source Initiative.

"Open Source" should not be confused with the similar Free Software, which is defined by the Free Software Foundation. Generally, all Free Software is also Open Source, and the two camps often cooperate; however, the concepts are distinct! (The tags are merged here on DEV.to for simplicity, however.)

Open Source Hardware is defined and overseen by the Open Source Hardware Assocation

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Oct 21 '23

Hacktoberfest 2023

#hacktoberfest #beginners #opensource #hacktoberfest23

1 min read

Arek Nawo for Vrite

Oct 18 '23

WYSIWYG for MDX?! Introducing Vrite's Hybrid Editor

#opensource #webdev #productivity

5 min read

OpenSource for Webcrumbs

Oct 18 '23

Get early access: How to become a WebCrumbs maker today

#webdev #react #opensource #hacktoberfest

2 min read

Madza

Oct 17 '23

24 Open-Source Projects for Developers in 2023 🔥👍

#opensource #github #programming #webdev

7 min read

Oct 21 '23

Milvus Adventures

#opensource #vectordatabase #rust #milvus

3 min read

Allison

Sep 18 '23

Automated open source dependency upgrade plans

#showdev #ruby #opensource

3 min read

Oct 21 '23

My Linux journey: 1-year later after the switch

#linux #womenintech #opensource

3 min read

Oct 20 '23

OSS: A Guide to Its Benefits and How to Get Started

#beginners #opensource #hacktoberfest #hacktoberfest23

2 min read

alisdairbr for Koyeb

Oct 10 '23

Deploy Cal.com on Koyeb to Manage Scheduling with Google Calendar

#opensource #coding #productivity #tutorial

16 min read

Oct 19 '23

The 6 Open Source Repositories for Web Developers - ⭐ Most rated by community

#webdev #programming #opensource #productivity

4 min read

Nevo David for Gitroom

Oct 16 '23

✨ 8 components to become a React master 🧙‍♂️ 🪄

#react #webdev #javascript #opensource

3 min read

Oct 20 '23

Hacktoberfest PR 3

#hacktoberfest23 #javascript #webdev #opensource

3 min read

Oct 20 '23

Hacktoberfest Machine Learning Projects for JS/TS Developers 🎃

#javascript #machinelearning #webdev #opensource

5 min read

Sudhanshu Tripathi

Oct 20 '23

My Hacktoberfest Pledge: A Journey into Open Source

#hack23contributor #beginners #opensource

1 min read

Yousef

Oct 20 '23

Hacking Away in Week 3 of Hacktoberfest

#hacktoberfest #opensource #csharp #cli

3 min read

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