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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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Victor Isaac Oshimua

Jun 7 '24

Off-Chain Data Storage Significance in Blockchain

#blockchain #opensource #database #coding

6 min read

Jun 7 '24

Shadcn-ui codebase analysis: site-footer.tsx explained.

#javascript #opensource #nextjs #shadcnui

2 min read

Antonio

Jun 7 '24

Open-Source Question

#opensource #javascript #webdev #programming

1 min read

Chiemezuo

Jun 7 '24

Coding Phase Begins

#gsoc #googlesummerofcode #wagtail #opensource

6 min read

Jen Wike Huger for OpenProject

Jun 7 '24

7+ open source software tools for the public sector

#opensource #tooling #productivity #software

2 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Jun 4 '24

How to Find Open Source Projects to Contribute To

#opensource #beginners

4 min read

Arash

May 17 '24

The Joy and Necessity of Open Source: Keeping the Community Thriving

#opensource #community #coding #productivity

3 min read

Alexandru Biscoveanu

Jun 6 '24

Buffing A 50 Year Old Programming Language

#showdev #opensource #programming #cpp

4 min read

May 5 '24

Instant API for databases adds automatic TSID primary keys

#nocode #restapi #database #opensource

3 min read

Incerro

May 27 '24

What Is The Difference Between Frontend Development And UI Development?

#frontend #javascript #react #opensource

2 min read

May 3 '24

How to Choose the Proper License for your Project (and Why It Matters)

#opensource #beginners #community #productivity

2 min read

Jun 6 '24

Shadcn-ui codebase analysis: examples-nav.tsx explained

#javascript #nextjs #shadcnui #opensource

3 min read

Palomino for Logto

Jun 5 '24

Tenancy models for a multi-tenant app

#saas #webdev #opensource #identity

6 min read

Palomino for Logto

Jun 6 '24

Tenant isolation in multi-tenant application

#webdev #identity #saas #opensource

4 min read

Jun 6 '24

4 Free Tailwind CSS Badge Components [Open-Source]

#tailwindcss #webdev #opensource

2 min read

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