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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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Palomino for Logto

Jun 21 '24

OAuth 2.1 is Here: What You Need to Know

#webdev #security #identity #opensource

6 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Jun 20 '24

The Open Source Paradox: Fragility and Promise

#opensource

8 min read

Antonio

Jun 19 '24

Open-Source, Let's Talk About it

#discuss #opensource #beginners #devops

1 min read

Palomino for Logto

Jun 20 '24

Exploring the full potential of the Logto Management API

#webdev #programming #identity #opensource

7 min read

Jun 18 '24

Git Commands Cheat Sheet

#beginners #programming #opensource #git

2 min read

Jun 17 '24

😁 Join my community of technical writers and open source developers

#discuss #opensource #community #learning

3 min read

Jun 20 '24

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: How is “Blocks” page built — Part 4

#typescript #javascript #opensource #nextjs

6 min read

Jen Wike Huger for OpenProject

Jun 20 '24

Should we or shouldn't we? Create a project management mobile app

#discuss #productivity #feedback #opensource

1 min read

Antonio

Jun 20 '24

Top 11 DevOps Tools on Github

#opensource #webdev #beginners #programming

2 min read

OpenSource for Webcrumbs

Jun 17 '24

7 Open Source Projects for Web Development that you didn't know

#discuss #opensource #webdev #productivity

2 min read

Jun 20 '24

5G Service Communication Proxy with LoxiLB

#kubernetes #opensource #cloud #go

21 min read

Jun 20 '24

Backup Kubernetes PVC with Restic, and ketchup(k8up)

#devops #tutorial #opensource #kubernetes

6 min read

Huy Nguyen

Jun 20 '24

Introducing Django Headless CMS: A Powerful and Flexible CMS Solution

#django #cms #opensource #python

3 min read

Harry

May 17 '24

Best Practices for Adopting Open-Source Software in 2024

#webdev #opensource #productivity

10 min read

Jun 19 '24

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: How is “Blocks” page built — Part 3

#javascript #nextjs #shadcnui #opensource

5 min read

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