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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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May 7 '25

Open Source Monetization: Challenges, Strategies, and Future Innovations

#opensource #monetization #blockchain

8 min read

Chen Debra

Jun 17 '25

A CTO’s Guide to Open-Source Software: Answering the Top 10 FAQs

#cto #oos #opensource #career

8 min read

May 8 '25

OpenSource on OpenSea: Bridging Collaboration and NFT Innovation

#opensource #nfts #opensea

9 min read

May 7 '25

The Unsung Heroes of Open Source: Understanding the Role of Open Source Maintainers

#opensource #maintainers #funding

9 min read

May 11 '25

What is Web3.py? Open Source Funding, MIT Licensing and the Evolving Blockchain Python Ecosystem

#web3py #blockchain #opensource

7 min read

Kevin Julián Martínez Escobar

May 30 '25

¿Qué pasará con React Router? Tranquilidad tras el anuncio "Wake up, Remix!"

#react #opensource #webdev #programming

2 min read

May 7 '25

Funding Open Source Software: Navigating Innovative Models and Challenges

#opensource #fundingmodels #blockchainintegration

8 min read

May 7 '25

Funding Solutions for Blockchain Infrastructure & Open Source Projects

#blockchain #opensource #funding

9 min read

Mehmet T. AKALIN

May 7 '25

with CodeChrono, track your code, master your time

#programming #opensource #python

2 min read

RisingWave Labs

Jun 17 '25

I Built Real-Time Location Matching Without a Geo Database - Here's How

#productivity #tutorial #opensource #datascience

2 min read

May 7 '25

Revolutionizing Blockchain and Open Source Funding: Microfunding and Project Funding Alternatives – A Comprehensive Guide

#blockchain #microfunding #opensource

9 min read

May 7 '25

Open Source and API-First Thinking to Build Smart, Flexible Systems

#opensource #api #piccosoft #webdev

2 min read

Carrie

May 7 '25

SafeLine WAF: A self-hosted, open-source Web Application Firewall

#safeline #waf #selfhosted #opensource

1 min read

Leeanna Marshall

May 7 '25

Why Visual Regression Testing Outperforms Traditional Pixel Checks

#webdev #devops #opensource #testing

4 min read

Lisa-Marie Namphy

May 7 '25

KubeCrash is Back May 8 — A Crash Course in Cloud Native, Open Source, and Platform Engineering

#platform #cloudnative #opensource #kubernetes

3 min read

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