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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.

submission guidelines

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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Peter Wan

Oct 18 '24

Devlog: Hacktoberfest 2024 (3/4)

#hacktoberfest #github #opensource

3 min read

TheoForger

Oct 18 '24

Hacktoberfest! - Week 2

#hacktoberfest #beginners #opensource

5 min read

Nov 19 '24

Working with GitHub Repositories

#beginners #git #github #opensource

6 min read

Metta Surendhar

Nov 21 '24

Want to Contribute to Open Source but Don't Know How? Read This

#opensource #beginners #newbie #career

3 min read

Carrie

Nov 21 '24

How to Set Up a High Availability Environment with Two SafeLine

#cybersecurity #opensource #webdev #beginners

2 min read

arinak1017

Nov 21 '24

Contributing to ByteChef

#opensource #java #springboot

9 min read

Syakir

Nov 18 '24

11+ Best Open-source Web Analytics, Alternatives to Google Analytics 🚀

#opensource #webdev #javascript #analytics

9 min read

Nov 21 '24

@manypkg/get-packages usage in Changesets

#npm #changeset #opensource #thinkmill

2 min read

Oct 18 '24

First contribution to Open Source - charmbracelet/huh

#go #charmbracelet #huh #opensource

2 min read

Nov 17 '24

Notpad: Reinventing the Ordinary Notepad Experience with Svelte, Shadcn, and Tauri ✨📝🚀

#svelte #javascript #opensource #productivity

2 min read

Henrique Sagara

Nov 20 '24

Collaborating to Slack as an Open-Source Developer: Part 2

#opensource #python #slack #slackapi

3 min read

Nov 19 '24

Working with Git Branches and Pull Requests

#beginners #git #github #opensource

9 min read

Adarsh

Oct 17 '24

Share GitHub Repositories Instead of Instagram Reels

#github #opensource #python #javascript

2 min read

Apache SeaTunnel

Nov 20 '24

SeaTunnel-Powered Data Integration: How 58 Group Handles Over 500 Billion+ Data Points Daily

#datascience #apacheseatunnel #opensource #bigdata

5 min read

Carrie

Nov 20 '24

Website Owner Must Know: X-Forwarded-For

#cybersecurity #opensource #webdev #beginners

2 min read

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