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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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Anmol Baranwal for Composio

Apr 22 '25

The guide to MCP I never had.

#programming #tutorial #mcp #opensource

22 min read

Joyce Lin

Apr 10 '25

When Code Meets Reality: Lessons from Building in the Physical World

#robotics #iot #opensource #webdev

5 min read

Apr 6 '25

Open Source Developer Revenue Streams and Income Strategies: Harnessing Blockchain, NFTs, and Open Source for Sustainable Growth

#opensource #blockchain #nftmonetization

8 min read

Apr 6 '25

Open Source Developer Support Networks: Empowering Collaboration and Innovation

#opensource #developersupport #blockchain

9 min read

Apr 6 '25

Empowering Open Source: A Comprehensive Guide to Developer Stipends, Sponsorship, and Open Collaboration

#opensource #developerstipends #sponsorship

9 min read

Apr 6 '25

Pulumi Gestalt 0.0.2 released

#devops #rust #opensource #pulumi

1 min read

Apr 6 '25

Open Source Developer Grants and Stipends: Fueling Innovation and Inclusivity – A Deep Dive

#opensource #developergrants #blockchain

8 min read

Apr 6 '25

Never Miss a Bug Again: Enforce Screenshots in PRs with GitHub Actions

#githubactions #opensource #automation #devops

2 min read

Alex Enson

Apr 10 '25

Creating directories and files in Linux

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

3 min read

Gustavo A. Gutkoski

May 9 '25

Creating an AI Assistant for Technical Documentation – Part 1: Why and How I Started This Project

#python #fastapi #ai #opensource

3 min read

Apr 6 '25

Introduction to Parallel Programming: Unlocking the Power of GPUs(Part 1)

#programming #gpu #opensource #mojo

3 min read

Apr 6 '25

Navigating Financial Stability in Open Source Projects: Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Funding

#opensource #sustainablefunding #blockchain

8 min read

Apr 10 '25

From Source to Destination: Automating File Copy with cp in Linux

#cloudwhistler #devops #linux #opensource

2 min read

Apr 5 '25

How to Submit a Bounty on Gitcoin: A Comprehensive Guide to Accelerating Open Source Development

#gitcoin #blockchain #opensource

9 min read

Wanderson Batista

Apr 5 '25

Introducing WBORM: A lightweight ORM with automatic introspection for JDBC databases 🧩

#python #informix #jdbc #opensource

2 min read

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