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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 25 '25

Exploring the Intersection of Cyberwarfare and Open Source License Compliance

#cyberwarfare #opensource #licensecompliance

8 min read

Genix

Jun 10 '25

My personal website

#discuss #opensource #career #programming

1 min read

May 29 '25

Single Sign-On with OpenAM and OpenIG: Practical Implementation Examples

#sso #security #opensource #webdev

4 min read

NocoBase

Apr 25 '25

[Tutorial] Chapter 12: Meeting Rooms Booking: WorkFlows & SQL statements

#opensource #lowcode #nocode #learning

9 min read

NocoBase

Apr 25 '25

[Tutorial] Chapter 11: Subtasks & Work Hours Calculation

#opensource #learning #lowcode #nocode

5 min read

obiabo Immanuel

May 8 '25

I Got Laid Off Recently, So I'm Letting Go of the Project I Believed In the Most

#opensource #cryptocurrency #github

4 min read

May 18 '25

Unveiling GNU Free Documentation License 1.2: A Holistic Deep Dive into Open Source Documentation

#gnufreedocumentationlicense #opensource #documentationlicensing

6 min read

Prasenjit Dasgupta

Apr 24 '25

The End of an Era: styled-components, React.js, and the Future of Frontend Styling

#react #frontend #opensource #javascript

1 min read

Jun 15 '25

FletX: Bring Reactive Power to Your Python UI with GetX-Like Simplicity

#python #webdev #programming #opensource

1 min read

Zhang Wei

Apr 24 '25

Open Source Developer Patronage: Support and Sustain Open Source

#opensource #developerpatronage #crowdfunding

8 min read

Apr 24 '25

Crowdfunding Open Source: Empowering Innovation Through Community Funding

#crowdfunding #opensource #communityfunding

6 min read

Apr 24 '25

Understanding Contributor License Agreements (CLAs): Bridging Legal Protection and Open Source Innovation

#contributorlicenseagreements #opensource #legalprotection

8 min read

Apr 24 '25

Community Engagement Strategies in Open Source Projects: A Comprehensive Guide

#communityengagement #opensource #contributionprocesses

8 min read

May 28 '25

Hackathon: HydePHP is Joining ODHack #14

#hydephp #hackathon #opensource #php

3 min read

Aditi Bindal for NodeShift

May 28 '25

How to Install BAGEL by ByteDance: The Vision Language Model That Can Do It All

#computervision #ai #opensource #tutorial

8 min read

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