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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 8 '22

How to Setup A Medusa Server Locally

#javascript #webdev #tutorial #opensource

7 min read

BekahHW for Deepgram

Oct 7 '22

Open Source Projects for Hacktoberfest 2022

#hacktoberfest #opensource #codenewbie

2 min read

Sm0ke

Oct 7 '22

Django API Generator - Free Tool (Updated)

#django #devtools #opensource

2 min read

Samina Rahman Purba

Oct 8 '22

Implementing Difficult Features While Learning New Things in C++

#python #opensource #github #cpp

4 min read

Pachi 🥑 for GitHub

Oct 5 '22

Como participar do HacktoberFest 2022

#braziliandevs #hacktoberfest #opensource #githubbrasil

6 min read

Oct 6 '22

How To Install Docker Without Docker Desktop On Windows

#docker #programming #tutorial #opensource

9 min read

Oct 7 '22

palpatine supports config file in JSON format

#showdev #opensource #cpp #tutorial

3 min read

Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

Oct 1 '22

Can beginners make a simple but meaningful contribution? Some unconventional advice #hacktoberfest

#beginners #opensource #hacktoberfest #github

7 min read

Stratakis Stavros

Oct 7 '22

Elxis CMS v5.3 released

#release #cms #opensource #elxis

2 min read

Sylwia Vargas for StackBlitz

Oct 6 '22

StackBlitz Monthly Update Post: September 2022

#news #webdev #wordpress #opensource

6 min read

Oct 6 '22

My LFX Mentorship experience with OpenELB

#javascript #webdev #opensource #cncf

7 min read

Marcus Kohlberg for Encore

Oct 6 '22

Contribute to Encore with Hacktoberfest

#hacktoberfest #go #opensource #swag

1 min read

MindsDB Team for MindsDB

Oct 5 '22

Hacktoberfest 2022 - Contribute and win great prizes!

#hacktoberfest #mindsdb #opensource #programming

3 min read

Maciej Swiderski

Oct 6 '22

Define workflows with Java DSL

#workflow #java #dsl #opensource

2 min read

Oct 29 '22

Unit testing like a Hacker🧪

#opensource #testing #beginners #tutorial

7 min read

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