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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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Harry

May 24 '24

Best Practices for Managing the Security Risks Associated with Open-Source Software in 2024

#webdev #opensource #productivity #learning

10 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Jun 12 '24

Cultivating Open Source Community

#opensource #community

9 min read

keploy

Jun 13 '24

Compare Two JSON Objects with Jackson

#json #opensource #softwaredevelopment #developer

4 min read

Valeria Salis for SparkFabrik

Jun 13 '24

Building a Sustainable Web: a practical exploration of Open Source tools and strategies

#opensource #sustainability #envsustainability

8 min read

Jun 13 '24

An Ultimate Guide to Open Source Contribution for Beginners

#opensource #beginners #contribution #webdev

3 min read

Jun 13 '24

Looking for a pyhton Community

#discuss #python #opensource

1 min read

Jun 12 '24

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: Dashboard example explained.

#javascript #nextjs #opensource #shadcnui

6 min read

Jun 11 '24

Open source super-charged my career

#opensource #career #beginners

6 min read

Antonio

Jun 12 '24

Top 19 Awesome on Github

#opensource #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Priyanshu Verma

Jun 12 '24

Saavn Music Player for Windows

#flutter #music #programming #opensource

2 min read

Omotoso Abosede Racheal

Jun 12 '24

Conditional Rendering in React

#beginners #javascript #react #opensource

4 min read

Jun 12 '24

Get Geeky with Python: Build a System Monitor with Flair

#python #opensource #sysadmin #beginners

4 min read

Jun 11 '24

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: Mail example explained.

#javascript #opensource #nextjs #shadcnui

4 min read

Jun 11 '24

SOLID Principles for Android

#android #opensource #solidprinciples #oops

3 min read

keploy

Jun 11 '24

Exploring Test Case Generators: Revolutionizing Software Testing

#testing #case #webdev #opensource

5 min read

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