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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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Aug 22 '21

I made an App Store

#javascript #linux #webdev #opensource

2 min read

YJDoc2 for DJ Unicode

Aug 27 '21

How to squash commits in a PR

#git #opensource #tutorial #beginners

6 min read

Claradev32

Aug 26 '21

Building a Node.js API with Hapi.js and MongoDB

#opensource #javascript

6 min read

Aug 26 '21

GSoC Coding Phase 2: Challenge Is an Understatement

#opensource #typescript #webdev #programming

7 min read

brandon_wallace

Aug 24 '21

How To Install Debian 11 Bullseye Expert Mode Minimal Install

#linux #opensource #tutorial #beginners

10 min read

Aug 25 '21

animation-wrapper-view, declarative animations with imperative controls

#reactnative #react #opensource

1 min read

Aug 23 '21

An Introduction to Semantic Versioning

#webdev #beginners #tutorial #opensource

2 min read

Khadija Sidhpuri

Aug 24 '21

Forem PR Walkthroughs - MLH Fellowship

#opensource #forem #devbugsmash

5 min read

Uchi Uchibeke for Coil

Aug 24 '21

An Update from the Web Monetization Workshop

#webmonetization #interledger #opensource #webdev

3 min read

Matteo Mazzarolo

Aug 23 '21

Mistakes I made while maintaining an open-source React Native library for five years

#opensource #javascript #react #reactnative

8 min read

Khushal Agarwal

Aug 24 '21

Google Summer of Code'21 - Khushal Agarwal

#opensource #reactnative #javascript #react

4 min read

Aug 23 '21

My first real-world technology project with UNICEF

#opensource #webdev #beginners #programming

5 min read

Michael Haberman for Aspecto

Aug 12 '21

Trace-Based Testing with OpenTelemetry: Meet Open Source Malabi

#microservices #opensource #webdev #testing

7 min read

Jul 19 '21

A Look at Selenium and Its Alternative Solution for 2021 and Beyond

#opensource #testing #testdev

4 min read

Muthu Annamalai Venkatachalam

Aug 21 '21

10+ Open Source Programs Students Can Apply to

#github #opensource #beginners #tutorial

7 min read

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