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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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Carrie

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How to Purchase a SafeLine Pro License

#cybersecurity #opensource #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Carrie

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How to Achieve Load Balancing with SafeLine WAF

#cybersecurity #opensource #webdev #beginners

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Tráng Lê Công

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Introducing TRLC Enum: A Modern C++ Enum Library for Enhanced Usability

#cpp #opensource

3 min read

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Working by Day, Hacking by Night: My oss.gg Hackathon Experience

#hacktoberfest #hackathon #opensource #beginners

3 min read

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Saami abbas Khan

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Hacktoberfest Experience

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

1 min read

Gorakhnath Yadav

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Hacktoberfest 2024: Maintainer POV

#hacktoberfest #opensource #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering

2 min read

Okoye Ndidiamaka

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How Contributing to Open Source Can Supercharge Your Tech Career

#opensource #github #programming #careergrowth

4 min read

Byron Wade

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Why It's Time to Challenge the Status Quo of CMS Development

#opensource #serverless #wordpress #nextjs

4 min read

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From Contributor to Maintainer: My Hacktoberfest Journey 🎉

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

3 min read

Aditya Deshlahre

Oct 30 '24

Streamlining Research and Analysis with OpenBB

#opensource #hacktoberfest #productivity #tutorial

9 min read

Lakshita Kumawat

Oct 26 '24

My Experience Of First Time Participating in Hacktoberfest 2024

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

3 min read

Pradeepto

Oct 27 '24

My experience as beginner to open-source

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

Aditya Deshlahre

Oct 30 '24

oss.gg hackathon Experience Sharing.

#opensource #ossgg #gamechallenge #hacktoberfest

2 min read

Tania Chakraborty for TBD

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How Decentralized Apps Can Make Everyday Tasks Easy

#opensource #web5 #decentralization #community

3 min read

Juraj for Cyclops UI

Oct 24 '24

5 Internal Developer Platforms You Need to Know About!

#opensource #kubernetes #devops #beginners

5 min read

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