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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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Oct 16 '19

I'm thinking about taking over an abandoned GitHub project: what is your advice?

#help #github #opensource

2 min read

Hacktoberfest: Maintainer Spotlight

Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

Oct 9 '19

Here's one way you can contribute to open source and help out DEV...

#hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

Oct 14 '19

What lesson did you learn from your hacktoberfest contributions?

#hacktoberfest #opensource

1 min read

Oct 3 '19

How to keep your forked repository current

#hacktoberfest #git #opensource

1 min read

Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

Sep 25 '19

Hacktoberfest Starts in Six Days 🎃🎉

#meta #opensource #hacktoberfest #contributorswanted

2 min read

Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

Oct 11 '19

Contributing to open-source is like dancing Tango

#watercooler #hacktoberfest #opensource #motivation

6 min read

Oct 12 '19

Tips for a successful hacktoberfest

#hacktoberfest #opensource #github #beginners

2 min read

Oct 10 '19

Help! Hacktoberfest Is Overwhelming

#showdev #hacktoberfest #opensource

3 min read

Oct 9 '19

21 reasons why open source is good for your business

#opensource #hacktoberfest #career #writing

7 min read

J Edison Abahurire

Oct 10 '19

How to contribute to Open Source without coding. Hacktoberfest Edition!

#hacktoberfest #opensource #developers

6 min read

Joel Varty for Agility CMS

Oct 9 '19

We just open-sourced our SDKs

#cms #opensource #webdev #javascript

2 min read

quentinncl

Oct 9 '19

How I started contributing to open source

#hacktoberfest #opensource #github #javascript

2 min read

Jeff Meyerson for FindCollabs

Oct 8 '19

FindCollabs: Meet People, Create Software

#opensource #webdev #findcollabs

2 min read

Ali Abbas

Oct 8 '19

Hacktoberfest 2019 🏆🎖🏅🥇

#discuss #hacktoberfest #opensource #javascript

1 min read

Oct 8 '19

Git Branch + Commit Templates

#github #git #productivity #opensource

1 min read

spideroxy

Oct 8 '19

Which tool can be used to track team responsibilities?

#devops #advice #opensource

1 min read

TaiKedz

Oct 8 '19

Open source meetups - specifically

#opensource #gnu

2 min read

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Oct 2 '19

How I Became a React Contributor Four Years Ago

#hacktoberfest #opensource #career #react

1 min read

Oct 9 '19

Open Source is Broken

#explainlikeimfive #ethics #opensource

22 min read

Jeremy Morgan for Pluralsight

Sep 21 '19

Which Distribution of Linux Should I Use?

#linux #beginners #opensource

8 min read

Oct 8 '19

What I've Learned Contributing to Open Source Software (OSS)

#opensource #firstpr #pullrequest #github

5 min read

🦁 Yvonnick FRIN

Oct 7 '19

First week of Hacktoberfest

#showdev #hacktoberfest #contributorswanted #opensource

3 min read

Noman Gul

Oct 5 '19

When you joined GitHub? WE KNOW! 😄 Octocat Day - Your Open-Source Birthday

#opensource #github #react #hacktoberfest

1 min read

shushugah for Tech Workers Coalition

Oct 6 '19

What is stopping you from joining a union?

#discuss #career #opensource #healthydebate

1 min read

TaiKedz

Oct 7 '19

We did a Guided Conversation session on open source and funding

#opensource #funding #crowdfunding

11 min read

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