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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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Jun 13

Probabilistic Data Structures in Go: Building and Benchmarking a Bloom Filter

#go #datastructures #backend #opensource

14 min read

May 11

Linux Command Avengers: Meet Find, Head, Tail, and WC in RHEL 9

#linux #opensource #beginners #cloudwhistler

4 min read

May 10

Understanding Software Project Forking in Open Source: Dynamics, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

#softwareforking #opensource #innovation

7 min read

Jun 13

Load your config file regardless what module format it is, using bundle-require.

#opensource #bundlerequired #module #joycon

2 min read

May 10

Sustainable Funding for Open Source: Navigating Challenges and Emerging Innovations

#opensource #sustainablefunding #innovation

9 min read

Riyana Patel for PullFlow

Jun 27

Project of the Week: Deno

#discuss #deno #node #opensource

3 min read

Jun 1

This Open Source Tool Saves Me Thousands of Dollars

#ai #docker #opensource #cloud

4 min read

May 10

Gitcoin: Bridging Open Source, Blockchain, and Sustainable Funding

#gitcoin #blockchain #opensource

8 min read

Code Area

May 11

How It Works + Real-World | What is Quantum Computing? 2025 Guide

#quantum #ai #beginners #opensource

2 min read

May 10

Open Source Project Sponsorship Platforms: Empowering Innovation

#opensource #sponsorshipplatforms #innovation

8 min read

May 10

Sriracha - Imageboard and Forum

#news #go #opensource

1 min read

Robird

May 9

Stop Fighting Python's Relative Imports: Meet `run-main` for Smoother Module Execution & Debugging

#python #devtools #opensource #productivity

3 min read

Laetitia Perraut

May 9

VeeFriends: Elevating Open Source with NFTs

#veefriends #nfts #opensource

8 min read

May 9

Open Source Sustainability Initiatives at Deutsche Telekom: Integrating Innovation and Sustainability

#opensource #sustainability #innovation

7 min read

Thibault Genaitay

May 14

Death by breaking changes: my survival tip

#ai #api #opensource #product

2 min read

Zhang Wei

May 9

Exploring the Drip Network: A Comprehensive Overview of DeFi, NFT Integrations, and Open-Source Innovations

#defi #nft #opensource

9 min read

Code Area

May 9

4 Best Frontend Frameworks in 2025: Which One Should You Choose?

#ai #beginners #devops #opensource

2 min read

Code Area

May 9

Will AI Replace Software Engineers in 2025? Here’s What You Need to Know

#discuss #ai #openai #opensource

3 min read

May 9

Goldman Sachs open source toolkit: GS Quant

#opensource #goldmansachs #technology #webdev

1 min read

Zabovis

May 9

Multicore - Open-Source Multiplayer Game Preservation

#opensource #gamedev #github #ai

2 min read

Jun 15

🛡️ A Swahili SMS Scam Dataset and a Machine Learning Tool to Use It

#datascience #machinelearning #opensource #python

3 min read

Jun 12

ensureArray function in Tsup source code.

#isarray #opensource #nextjs

2 min read

Jun 12

Here's how Tsup loads your tsup.config.ts file.

#opensource #joycon

3 min read

Jun 12

cac — Command And Conquer, a JavaScript library for building CLI apps.

#opensource #cli

3 min read

May 13

Day 2: “Where Am I?” – Understanding the Linux File System in RHEL 9

#linux #beginners #opensource #cloudwhistler

3 min read

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