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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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Linux 101: A Beginner's Guide to the Open-Source Powerhouse (and Why It's Different from Windows)

#linux #beginners #opensource #cli

8 min read

Olabamiji Oyetubo

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Where to find Open Source C# Projects to contribute to

#csharp #opensource #dotnet #learning

2 min read

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Launch documentation site in record time (pouchdocs)

#documentation #webdev #sveltekit #opensource

1 min read

Autrs

Jun 25 '24

Programming Volunteer Opportunity!!!

#ai #opensource #node #sql

1 min read

Ricardo Sueiras for AWS

Jul 15 '24

Using the new Amazon Q Developer workspace context awareness to help me update Apache Airflow workflows

#opensource #aws #airflow #genai

6 min read

Jul 15 '24

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: How does shadcn-ui CLI work? — Part 2.13

#opensource #nextjs #javascript #shadcnui

5 min read

Jul 15 '24

Unpacking Apache Kafka: The Secret Behind Real-Time Data Mastery

#data #pubsub #opensource #eventdriven

7 min read

Gérôme Grignon

Jul 22 '24

Announcing RealWorld Angular

#angular #opensource #community

2 min read

FuturisticGeeks

Jul 15 '24

10 Open Source Large Language Models (LLMs) to Transform Your Projects

#opensource #llm #ai #machinelearning

2 min read

Jun 15 '24

New Linux distro: PyTermOS

#linux #opensource #python

2 min read

AbcSxyZ

Jun 15 '24

Evolution of the concept of open source

#opensource #openeducation #openscience

2 min read

Jul 15 '24

Join Apache Answer at CommunityOverCode Asia 2024

#opensource #apache #community #eventsinyourcity

3 min read

Juraj for Cyclops UI

Jul 24 '24

How we manage secrets, the Kubernetes way

#kubernetes #tutorial #opensource #devops

4 min read

keploy

Jun 24 '24

Understanding HTTP Status Codes

#webdev #ai #opensource #database

6 min read

Chiemezuo

Jul 15 '24

GSoC Midterm Evaluation

#gsoc #googlesummerofcode #wagtail #opensource

4 min read

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