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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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Aditya Oberai for Appwrite

Oct 1 '24

Announcing Appwrite’s Hacktoberfest 2024 Hackathon: Build, innovate, and win!

#opensource #hacktoberfest #appwrite #programming

2 min read

Oumnya benhassou

Oct 2 '24

MinIO: The Open-Source S3 Alternative That Cuts Costs and Boosts Flexibility

#s3 #opensource #aws

3 min read

Ayushmaan Singh

Oct 2 '24

Introducing Serenity UI: A Modern Collection of Reusable Animated Components for Building Beautiful Web Interfaces

#webdev #react #opensource #frontend

1 min read

Palomino for Logto

Sep 11 '24

Opaque token vs JWT

#webdev #opensource #identity #security

7 min read

Okoye Ndidiamaka

Oct 2 '24

Contributing to Meaningful Projects: How to Get Involved In today's fast-moving, competitive world

#opensource #codecollaboration #careerdevelopment #meaningfulproject

5 min read

Eduard Constantin

Oct 2 '24

🎉 Hacktoberfest 2024

#hacktoberfest #webdev #javascript #opensource

2 min read

Oct 2 '24

TrackFlix: From Idea to Reality - A Subscription Tracking Revolution

#webdev #react #productivity #opensource

4 min read

Shivam Chhuneja for Middleware

Sep 20 '24

Is FreeCAD Nailing PRs or Just Blazing Through Merges?

#opensource #devops #webdev #programming

6 min read

Oct 2 '24

My First Hacktoberfest Contribution!!!

#hacktoberfest #opensource #webdev #javascript

3 min read

Bonnie for CopilotKit

Oct 3 '24

The AI-Powered Trip Planner, 😻 You Can't Live Without ⚡

#webdev #opensource #programming #ai

9 min read

Lulu

Sep 2 '24

Fortify Your Website for Free: Testing the Power of SafeLine

#cybersecurity #devops #docker #opensource

3 min read

Lulu

Sep 2 '24

Protect Your Website from Attacks with SafeLine: A Free, Open-Source WAF

#docker #opensource #webdev #tutorial

3 min read

Oct 2 '24

Getting Started with Hacktoberfest: My First Open-Source Contributions

#hacktoberfest #opensource #coding

2 min read

Lulu

Sep 11 '24

ModSecurity + SafeLine WAF for Multi-layer Defense (2)

#cybersecurity #opensource #docker #webdev

3 min read

Lulu

Sep 11 '24

ModSecurity + SafeLine WAF for Multi-layer Defense (1)

#cybersecurity #opensource #docker #webdev

6 min read

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