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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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Jul 12 '23

My Journey in Bitcoin Summer Code of Camp: Lessons Learned

#postgres #opensource #contributorswanted #tutorial

2 min read

AdityaPratapBhuyan

Jul 12 '23

Embrace the Power of Open-Source Cloud Offerings

#cloud #opensource

12 min read

Strift for Meilisearch

Jul 11 '23

Vector storage is coming to Meilisearch to empower search through AI

#search #machinelearning #database #opensource

4 min read

Jun 12 '23

Vue + Flask - Bloglite Application Source Code.

#webdev #opensource #javascript #programming

2 min read

Jonathan Reimer for crowd.dev

Jul 10 '23

Why is GitHub not open-source? with Zach Holman (ex GitHub & GitLab)

#opensource #developerled #marketing #growth

3 min read

Jul 11 '23

Open Source Flask-based web applications

#opensource #python #webdev

1 min read

Jul 11 '23

Practical Insights On SOLID DRY KISS Explained In `Noob Vs Pro` Analogy

#programming #coding #beginners #opensource

6 min read

Vaunt

Jul 11 '23

Automated Vaunt Cards with GitHub Actions

#tutorial #opensource #github #community

5 min read

Sébastien Conejo for Manifest

Jul 11 '23

CASE V2 Proof of Concept launch

#javascript #development #tooling #opensource

2 min read

Marine Gandy for Platform.sh

Jul 11 '23

Drupal 7 EOL announced: It's time to move on 📣

#news #webdev #drupal #opensource

4 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Jul 7 '23

Who's looking for open source contributors? (week 49)

#discuss #opensource #contributorswanted #codenewbie

1 min read

Ricardo Sueiras for AWS

Jul 10 '23

AWS open source newsletter, #164

#opensource #aws

17 min read

Jul 6 '23

Renaming Git Commit Messages: A Quick and Easy Guide

#git #opensource #beginners #programming

1 min read

Lilly for Contenda

Jul 11 '23

We're a part of AI Infrastructure Alliance!

#ai #education #opensource

1 min read

Jul 10 '23

Why should employers encourage contribution to Open Source?

#discuss #opensource #programming #career

1 min read

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