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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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Bhavik Jikadara

Aug 22 '24

How to install Python in Windows 11?

#python #opensource #installation #developers

2 min read

Tamarack

Aug 22 '24

LaratineAdmin - A Complete Laravel | Inerta | React Dashboard

#webdev #laravel #react #opensource

2 min read

NeoApps.AI

Aug 22 '24

🚀 Introducing the Open-Source NeoApps.AI Code Generator! 🎉

#webdev #javascript #opensource #dotnet

1 min read

Aug 22 '24

Fun with macOS's SIP

#programming #opensource #productivity #kubernetes

8 min read

Lulu

Aug 23 '24

A Powerful, Open-Source WAF to Boost Your Website's Security

#cybersecurity #devops #webdev #opensource

4 min read

Aug 22 '24

Beginners JavaScript

#javascript #webdev #beginners #opensource

2 min read

Aug 22 '24

BuddyInjector

#csharp #dotnet #unittest #opensource

4 min read

Olabode Lawal-Shittabey

Aug 22 '24

Building jargons.dev [#3]: The Word Editor

#javascript #buildinpublic #opensource #productivity

3 min read

Chiemezuo

Aug 22 '24

Google Summer of Code '24 Final Submission

#opensource #webdev #programming #softwaredevelopment

4 min read

Hamza

Aug 22 '24

SouthMart : My New Project is Here Finally

#aspnet #opensource #programming #github

4 min read

Lulu

Aug 22 '24

Why SafeLine Could Be the Best Free WAF for Your Website

#cybersecurity #opensource #webdev #devops

2 min read

Lulu

Aug 22 '24

The Ultimate Free WAF For Webmaster-SafeLine

#cybersecurity #webdev #opensource #waf

2 min read

keploy

Aug 22 '24

The Complete Guide to Understanding and Using Cron Jobs

#productivity #opensource #aws #node

3 min read

Francesco Ciulla

Aug 20 '24

Building a Simple CLI in Rust

#programming #opensource #rust #beginners

2 min read

Lulu

Aug 22 '24

Boost Your Website Security for Free with SafeLine WAF

#cybersecurity #webdev #sql #opensource

3 min read

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