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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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Sm0ke

Apr 22 '22

Material Kit - Open-Source Django Starter

#material #bootstrap5 #webdev #opensource

2 min read

Apr 22 '22

What is a JWT? Understanding JSON Web Tokens

#jwt #opensource #authentication #session

7 min read

Shahed Nasser for Medusa

Apr 21 '22

How Tesla’s tech stack is a testimony to the need for open source solutions

#opensource #architecture #programming #ecommerce

8 min read

dbelokon

Apr 22 '22

OSD600 + 700, i love you

#discuss #opensource #motivation #git

3 min read

Shahed Nasser for Medusa

Apr 11 '22

Do you contribute to open source projects?

#discuss #watercooler #opensource

1 min read

Ahmed Nagi

Apr 21 '22

Getting started with contributing to open source – Real world example

#opensource #beginners #tutorial

1 min read

Nicolas Lorenzi for Luos

Apr 21 '22

A magic hand using DXL and servo motors

#opensource #tutorial #devjournal #luos

1 min read

Apr 21 '22

Creating a Niche Blogging Community Website for Free

#wordpress #codenewbie #webdev #opensource

2 min read

Murtuzaali Surti

Apr 20 '22

Open Source Projects - Discussion

#discuss #opensource #webdev

1 min read

Apr 19 '22

I made the trendiest free open-source admin template for React! Check it out!

#opensource #webdev #react

1 min read

Aadhitya A for Kubernetes Community Days Chennai

Apr 20 '22

How to approach an OSS project

#opensource #productivity #tutorial

4 min read

Apr 20 '22

What do we say to typos? Not today!

#writing #docker #productivity #opensource

2 min read

Apr 20 '22

April contributing.today: on Open Source Databases

#postgres #database #datascience #opensource

5 min read

Apr 20 '22

Flutter Gems - April 2022 Update 💙 🎉

#flutter #programming #mobile #opensource

2 min read

Kubeshop for Kubeshop

Apr 20 '22

Testing Electron Apps with Playwright

#testing #kubernetes #programming #opensource

6 min read

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