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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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Abhay

Apr 20

Build Your Own GitHub CI Automation for Code Reviews using Elixir and Gemini

#githubactions #elixir #ai #opensource

7 min read

Pratik242

Apr 21

🔐 I Built a JavaScript Web Vulnerability Scanner Devs Can Actually Use (CLI, Web UI, and AI-Powered Fixes)

#javascript #security #webdev #opensource

2 min read

Mar 18

Unveiling Cooperative Patent License 1.0: Innovation & Fairness in the Open Source World

#opensource #cooperativepatentlicense #innovation

3 min read

Anmol Baranwal for CopilotKit

Apr 1

Automate 90% of Your Work with AI Agents (Real Examples & Code Inside) 🚀 🤖

#programming #ai #opensource #productivity

15 min read

Zhang Wei

Mar 18

Unveiling the Checkstyle License: A Deep Dive into Fair Code and Open Source Innovation

#checkstylelicense #opensource #faircode

3 min read

Mar 19

Unveiling the Power of GNU LGPL 2.0 in Today’s Open Source Landscape

#gnulgpl20 #opensource #softwarelicensing

3 min read

Apr 21

My Tech Stack in 2025

#development #programming #opensource #learning

4 min read

Sean van Zuidam for Fylgja

Apr 21

Fylgja 2.0 is Live

#news #css #fylgja #opensource

4 min read

Nickolay Selyutin

Apr 21

Supercharge your .NET Configuration with Flash.Configuration

#dotnet #csharp #opensource #webdev

4 min read

Anthony Max for HMPL.js

May 13

Create Smart Forms Without JavaScript: The Magic of HTML and AJAX 🦉

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

4 min read

Genix

Apr 9

Protocol Agnostic Framework

#discuss #opensource #programming #typescript

3 min read

Chielo Chiamaka

Apr 21

A Simple Guide to ACLs in Linux

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #devops

3 min read

Dakshitha

Apr 21

All Your APIs, One Control Plane: What's New in WSO2 API Manager’s Latest Release

#webdev #api #apigateway #opensource

4 min read

CaioXyZ

Mar 18

How I Created a Catchy README for My GitHub (+ Tips to Improve Yours!)

#github #readme #opensource #webdev

3 min read

Mar 18

Unveiling a New Era of Fair Code Licensing

#opensource #faircodelicensing #developercompensation

3 min read

Mar 18

Unveiling Amsterdam License: A New Frontier for Fair Code

#amsterdamlicense #opensource #faircode

3 min read

Apr 21

Outshining AI as a Developer: Strategy, Skill & Soul (Part 2) ✨

#news #ai #developer #opensource

2 min read

Jun 2

🧠 The Secret Sauce Behind Web3 Growth? Referral Architectures That Actually Scale

#webdev #web3 #productivity #opensource

2 min read

Leo M Cole

Apr 21

Introducing AEPF: A Collaborative, Open-Source Ethical AI Initiative

#ai #opensource #ethicalai #git

2 min read

NocoBase

Apr 21

Top 40 Open-source Developer Tools with the Most GitHub Stars

#opensource #ai #github #developer

14 min read

Sana Muhammad Sadiq

Apr 20

Mastering the cp Command in Linux

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

3 min read

Mar 17

Unveiling a New Perspective on Software Licensing

#softwarelicensing #beerwarelicense #opensource

3 min read

Mar 17

Exploring the Vision Behind Artistic License 1.0

#artisticlicense10 #softwarelicensing #opensource

3 min read

Mar 17

Unleashing Freedom in Software Licensing

#wtfpl2 #softwarelicensing #opensource

4 min read

Laetitia Perraut

Mar 17

Unveiling the Future of Ethical Licensing: A Deep Dive into Hippocratic License 2.1

#hippocraticlicense21 #ethicallicensing #opensource

3 min read

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