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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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Apr 10

Day 2 of My 30 Days of Linux Mastery: Core Linux Commands and File System Hierarchy

#cloudwhistler #linux #devops #opensource

7 min read

RisingWave Labs

Apr 10

Twitter's 600-Tweet Daily Limit Crisis: Soaring GCP Costs and the Open Source Fix Elon Musk Ignored

#twitter #googlecloud #opensource #datascience

6 min read

Juraj for Cyclops UI

Apr 3

From Helm Chart to Developer UI in 5 Minutes

#kubernetes #devops #opensource #tutorial

5 min read

Mar 11

Unveiling GNU GPL v3: A Deep Dive into the World of Open Source Licenses

#gplv3 #opensource #copyleft

3 min read

Mar 7

How to Build Successful Partnerships in Web3: Strategies for Growth and Innovation

#web3 #webdev #opensource #career

2 min read

Yash Patil

Mar 7

Introduction to Linux: The Open-Source Revolution

#linux #opensource #devops #opearingsystems

5 min read

Yash Patil

Mar 7

Managing Storage and Packages in Linux: A Complete Guide

#linux #aws #opensource #devops

7 min read

Yash Patil

Mar 7

Linux User Management and File Permissions

#linux #opensource #devops #operatingsystems

4 min read

Mar 11

Unlocking the Future: Pycardano and the Evolution of Open Source Blockchain Development

#pycardano #blockchain #opensource

3 min read

Laetitia Perraut

Mar 7

What is Selenium? Exploring Its Open Source Ecosystem and Funding Models

#selenium #opensource #funding

3 min read

Mar 7

Apache Mahout: A Deep Dive into Open Source Innovation and Funding Models

#apachemahout #opensource #fundingmodels

3 min read

Kiran Johns for Hoppscotch

Apr 10

Hoppscotch Desktop for Mac: A Fast, Lightweight Alternative to Postman

#showdev #api #opensource #programming

4 min read

Zhang Wei

Mar 7

Unveiling Apache Lucene: Open Source Innovation, Funding, and Community

#apachelucene #opensource #community

3 min read

Mar 7

Apache Hadoop: Pioneering Open Source Innovation in Big Data

#apachehadoop #bigdata #opensource

3 min read

Mar 7

Exploring the Power and Community Behind Apache Flink

#apacheflink #opensource #streamprocessing

3 min read

Mar 7

Exploring the Journey of Apache Cassandra: Innovation, Funding, and Community Impact

#apachecassandra #opensource #distributedsystems

3 min read

Mar 7

Exploring Spring Cloud: Innovation, Funding, and Community Empowerment

#springcloud #opensource #distributedsystems

4 min read

Vasudevan Tamilarasan

Apr 10

Java Discussion:

#java #programming #opensource #productivity

1 min read

Mar 11

Exploring Tronpy: A Beacon of Open Source Innovation in the Blockchain World

#tronpy #opensource #blockchain

3 min read

Apr 10

Linux Essentials: How to Create, Read, and Delete Files & Directories Like a Pro

#cloudwhistler #devops #linux #opensource

4 min read

Mar 11

Unveiling Solana-Java: The Future of Open Source Blockchain Development

#solanajava #blockchain #opensource

3 min read

Yvonne

Apr 9

The Linux (rm) Command: Simple, Powerful, and Dangerous

#devops #cloudwhistler #opensource #linux

4 min read

Mar 7

Exploring the Future of Data Access with Spring Data

#springdata #opensource #dataaccess

4 min read

Apr 10

expandArgs(args) in Nue.js source code.

#react #opensource #nuejs #args

2 min read

Laetitia Perraut

Mar 6

Spring Boot Unveiled: Innovation through Collaboration and Open Source Funding

#springboot #opensource #enterprisedevelopment

4 min read

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