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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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Jun 14 '25

14 Open Source Tools To Become The Ultimate Developer 🔥

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

6 min read

May 10 '25

Open Source Project Sponsorship Platforms: Empowering Innovation

#opensource #sponsorshipplatforms #innovation

8 min read

May 23 '25

10 VS Code Extensions To Become The Ultimate Developer🔥

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

6 min read

May 10 '25

Sriracha - Imageboard and Forum

#news #go #opensource

1 min read

Robird

May 9 '25

Stop Fighting Python's Relative Imports: Meet `run-main` for Smoother Module Execution & Debugging

#python #devtools #opensource #productivity

3 min read

Laetitia Perraut

May 9 '25

VeeFriends: Elevating Open Source with NFTs

#veefriends #nfts #opensource

8 min read

May 9 '25

Open Source Sustainability Initiatives at Deutsche Telekom: Integrating Innovation and Sustainability

#opensource #sustainability #innovation

7 min read

Thibault Genaitay

May 14 '25

Death by breaking changes: my survival tip

#ai #api #opensource #product

2 min read

Zhang Wei

May 9 '25

Exploring the Drip Network: A Comprehensive Overview of DeFi, NFT Integrations, and Open-Source Innovations

#defi #nft #opensource

9 min read

Code Area

May 9 '25

Will AI Replace Software Engineers in 2025? Here’s What You Need to Know

#discuss #ai #openai #opensource

3 min read

Zabovis

May 9 '25

Multicore - Open-Source Multiplayer Game Preservation

#opensource #gamedev #github #ai

2 min read

Jun 12 '25

ensureArray function in Tsup source code.

#isarray #opensource #nextjs

2 min read

Jun 12 '25

cac — Command And Conquer, a JavaScript library for building CLI apps.

#opensource #cli

3 min read

Jun 12 '25

Here's how Tsup loads your tsup.config.ts file.

#opensource #joycon

3 min read

May 13 '25

Day 2: “Where Am I?” – Understanding the Linux File System in RHEL 9

#linux #beginners #opensource #cloudwhistler

3 min read

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