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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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Amnish Singh Arora

Nov 9 '23

Testing in Python

#testing #python #opensource #programming

8 min read

OpenSource

Nov 10 '23

The evolution of Web Development: from dial-up to instant React

#webdev #opensource #react #community

2 min read

Oct 13 '23

⚡⚡ 7 Open Source Repositories That Will Make You 90% Smarter 😎

#webdev #programming #opensource #productivity

4 min read

Nov 10 '23

Transitioning from Lunr.js to Minisearch.js

#opensource #gsoc #julialang #devjournal

6 min read

Jalal 🚀

Nov 10 '23

Introducing DFlex - A Modern Javascript Drag and Drop Library

#webdev #opensource #javascript

2 min read

annaredbond for Flagsmith

Nov 6 '23

5 Open-Source Repositories for Faster Development in Monolithic Architecture

#monolith #opensource #webdev #productivity

4 min read

Nov 10 '23

Ruby Open Source: Zammad example

#ruby #rails #opensource #review

5 min read

Nov 9 '23

Adding testing for my java project

#opensource #java #testing

2 min read

Lili for GitHub

Jan 30 '24

Category Cleanup: 4 Ways Your Discussions Categories Can Be Better Optimized

#github #community #githubdiscussions #opensource

5 min read

Kiran Johns for Hoppscotch

Nov 9 '23

Hoppscotch - API testing at the speed of light⚡

#showdev #opensource #api #softwaredevelopment

3 min read

Nov 9 '23

Hacktoberfest 2023: The Thrilling World of Open Source

#opensource #hacktoberfest23

11 min read

Akarshan Kapoor

Nov 9 '23

OpenSource 101 🔥 🧑‍💻🤯

#opensource #coding #computerscience

6 min read

Allison

Nov 9 '23

The Limitations of Dependabot in Managing Open Source Dependencies

#opensource

4 min read

Nick Taylor for OpenSauced

Oct 31 '23

GitHub Actions: A Maintainer's Best Friend

#githubactions #automation #opensource #productivity

4 min read

Nov 9 '23

Building a Globally Connected Network: A Step-by-Step Guide to VPCs, Internet Gateway, and VPC Peering in AWS

#aws #beginners #opensource #devops

3 min read

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