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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.

submission guidelines

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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Feb 4 '24

My First Package on PyPI!

#python #beginners #opensource #pypi

1 min read

Hady Eslam

Jan 25 '24

Engine - Yet Another Programming Language

#programming #opensource

6 min read

Flame 🔥

Feb 24 '24

Unburn Toys: AI Powered Tool

#gemini #ai #opensource #nextjs

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TheGuildBot for The Guild

Feb 24 '24

The Guild - Rebranding in open source

#opensource #branding #marketing

6 min read

ORJI CECILIA O.

Feb 24 '24

Bitcoin Mining and the 51% Attack

#bitcoin #mining #blockchain #opensource

5 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Feb 19 '24

Dev, Medium, and Hashnode: Choosing Your Digital Stage

#opensource #writing

4 min read

Harry Adel for Meteor

Feb 23 '24

Genesis of a Framework: Unveiling the Meteor Story

#meteor #opensource #webdev #javascript

2 min read

Repro Dev

Feb 23 '24

Get Started with Docker - Part 1 : An Intro to Docker

#docker #tutorial #beginners #opensource

7 min read

Nirant for Qdrant

Feb 23 '24

Enhance OpenAI Embeddings with Qdrant's Binary Quantization

#ai #openai #opensource #machinelearning

8 min read

Roy J. Wignarajah

Feb 24 '24

ChatCraft Adventures #7

#opensource #openai #beginners #webdev

2 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Feb 20 '24

What's the Right Newsletter Platform for You? Open Source Spotlight on Ghost

#opensource #productivity #writing

3 min read

Vedran Cindrić for Treblle

Feb 23 '24

How to Build a Perfect API Description

#api #tutorial #opensource #development

9 min read

Vedant Khairnar for Hyperswitch

Feb 19 '24

Unnecessary Git Quiz

#opensource #git #linux #github

5 min read

Schalk Neethling

Feb 23 '24

Mautic - How Open Source Shapes Marketing- Open Source Project Spotlight

#opensource #community #marketing

3 min read

Feb 23 '24

Guide to Successful Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Contributor Applications

#gsoc #opensource #programming #mentorship

5 min read

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