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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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Besworks

Mar 11 '25

Parameter Type Safety in JavaScript

#webdev #programming #javascript #opensource

3 min read

Gorakhnath Yadav for Hyperswitch

Mar 11 '25

Open-Source Payments: Modular, Flexible, and Built for You

#opensource #rust #community

1 min read

Mar 4 '25

Indie Hackers and the Open-Source NFT Revolution

#indiehackers #opensource #nft

4 min read

Mar 11 '25

Help Needed for Open-Source Project: Btech Babai – A Resource Hub for Engineering Students!

#webdev #javascript #beginners #opensource

2 min read

Mar 11 '25

Exploring BitcoinLib: A Beacon of Open Source and Blockchain Innovation

#bitcoinlib #blockchain #opensource

3 min read

Mar 11 '25

`createHighlightCanvas` function in react-scan source code.

#opensource #javascript #react #reactscan

3 min read

Mar 11 '25

Exploring the Ocean Protocol Java SDK: A Game-Changer in Blockchain AI

#blockchain #ai #opensource

3 min read

Dat N. Le

Mar 10 '25

From Beginner to Pro: The Ultimate Guide to Contributing to Open Source

#discuss #opensource #programming #career

14 min read

NeuralLang

Mar 10 '25

Neural DSL v0.2.2 Release Notes

#ai #opensource #deeplearning #machinelearning

2 min read

Mar 10 '25

DeepLearning4j Blockchain Integration: Merging AI and Blockchain for a Transparent Future

#deeplearning4j #blockchain #opensource

3 min read

Ibrohim Abdivokhidov

Mar 10 '25

I built Perplexity from scratch, but mine is better. | Tutorial

#opensource #tutorial #nlp #programming

13 min read

Laetitia Perraut

Mar 10 '25

Unlocking the Power of Blockchain Data with the Hedera Mirror Node Java Client

#blockchain #java #opensource

3 min read

Mar 27 '25

Help Needed: Sidebar Not Working Properly in My Project

#help #opensource #css #webdev

1 min read

Jefferson Rodrigues for Lerian

Mar 10 '25

Ledgers Open Source: Transformando Conceitos em Vantagem Competitiva

#midaz #opensource #braziliandevs

1 min read

Mar 10 '25

My github

#github #opensource #programming #100daysofcode

1 min read

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