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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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Apr 8 '24

Release 1.8 Contributions : ChatCraft.org🤖

#typescript #regex #opensource #ai

2 min read

Zechariah Hounwanou

May 12 '24

Streamlining Your Contribution: How to Get Your TMDB API Key for LDBflix Contribution

#javascript #opensource #webdev #nextjs

6 min read

Kouki Badr

May 12 '24

EasyDeps : brick-ception

#flutter #dart #opensource #mason

2 min read

Steeve

May 8 '24

Create a Private Email API for Free

#api #programming #node #opensource

5 min read

Anmol Baranwal for CopilotKit

Apr 17 '24

30+ app ideas with complete source code

#opensource #javascript #webdev #react

25 min read

Alp Tuğan

May 11 '24

icns Creator v2.1 Release

#swiftui #opensource #utility #icon

1 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

May 28 '24

How to Assess Your Skill Level Before Contributing to Open Source

#opensource #beginners #career

6 min read

May 22 '24

Mastering ChatGPT Prompts for Developers: A Comprehensive Guide

#chatgpt #ai #openai #opensource

4 min read

Otto Kekalainen

Apr 7 '24

Heartbleed and XZ Backdoor Learnings: Open Source Infrastructure Can Be Improved Efficiently With Moderate Funding

#opensource #security #internetinfrastructure

5 min read

May 10 '24

Blurry no more: Understanding image resolution

#resolution #technology #opensource #performance

2 min read

Suh Eddy

Apr 11 '24

Open for Collaboration: Eager to Contribute to Open Source Projects!

#webdev #opensource #career #java

1 min read

Pachi 🥑 for Webcrumbs

May 8 '24

Navigating Open Source: A Guide to Effective Community Engagement

#opensource #community #career #beginners

3 min read

Ariel for Stacklok

May 10 '24

Demo: Minder, a software supply chain security platform from Stacklok

#opensource #security #demo #github

1 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

May 10 '24

What do you want to know about tech & open source? AMA

#discuss #opensource #beginners

1 min read

Ayu Adiati for OpenSauced

May 9 '24

Streamline Your Contributions: Mastering Issue Forms and PR Templates

#opensource #codenewbie #beginners #tutorial

6 min read

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