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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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Marine for Taipy

Jan 3 '24

Full-Stack Toolbox 🧰: Python🐍 Edition

#python #fullstack #programming #opensource

4 min read

Mark Boyd

Dec 18 '23

Declarative Digital Instrument GUIs with Lua in Audulus - Part 1: Grid Controller

#programming #tutorial #opensource #learning

12 min read

Nik L. for SuprSend

Jan 16 '24

4 Methods to Send Emails Using Node.js (w/ Codes - Nodemailer Module, Gmail API, Postmark API & SuprSend)

#node #javascript #opensource

4 min read

Jan 11 '24

README or I'll devour you: How to write a good README

#opensource #beginners #tutorial #programming

5 min read

Jan 16 '24

Next.js Codebase Analysis <> create-next-app <> Folder Structure

#opensource #nextjs #react #webdev

2 min read

Jyotishman Saikia

Jan 16 '24

GPL: The Code Cancer

#webdev #gpl #opensource

2 min read

Jan 14 '24

🚀 Exciting Open-Source Opportunities in 2024! 🌐

#opensource #contributorswanted #github #career

1 min read

Jan 16 '24

A Comprehensive Guide to Using Postman Collections for Effective API Endpoint Load Testing

#webdev #performance #testing #opensource

1 min read

Patrick Organ for Permafrost Software

Jan 15 '24

Essential Command Line Tools for Developers

#opensource #productivity #tooling #github

2 min read

Jan 16 '24

✨2024 Resolution: Be more Open-Source centric

#discuss #devresolutions2024 #programming #opensource

3 min read

coder09

Jan 16 '24

How to Find a Good First Issue on GitHub and Get Action on it 🚀

#github #git #opensource #web

2 min read

Bryce Seefieldt

Dec 13 '23

PyPI Packaging

#python #pypi #opensource

3 min read

Harikrishna Natrajan

Jan 16 '24

Exploring Open Source # 1: Calibre E-book Library

#opensource #selfhost #calibre

1 min read

Ricardo Sueiras for AWS

Jan 15 '24

AWS open source newsletter #184

#opensource #aws

17 min read

Shrijal Acharya

Jan 11 '24

✨ Top 5 Underrated Open Source Projects that no one talks about 🫵🤐

#productivity #devops #opensource #programming

5 min read

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