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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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Oct 8 '23

Adding a chat room to any app with one line of code

#news #opensource #javascript #webdev

1 min read

Yousef

Sep 26 '23

Merge Conflicts

#git #opensource #csharp

3 min read

Christine Belzie

Sep 20 '23

How are you prepping for Hacktoberfest?

#discuss #opensource #community #hacktoberfest23

1 min read

Shrijal Acharya

Sep 25 '23

Drizzle: ORM with SQL Superpowers🚀

#webdev #docker #opensource #programming

5 min read

Nischal Jain for Collectiv AI

Sep 25 '23

Hacktoberfest 2023 t-shirts are NOT entirely gone!

#hacktoberfest23 #hacktoberfest #opensource #beginners

2 min read

Nick

Sep 26 '23

TPScore: transactions per second metrics made easy

#blockchain #polkadot #opensource #web3

2 min read

Zac_A_Clifton for novu

Sep 11 '23

We had a date bug that happened two times a year, and we didn't know, you might have it too 😱

#javascript #opensource #webdev #bug

5 min read

TestMu AI Team for TestMu AI

Sep 25 '23

Perform Easy Cross Browser Testing With LambdaTest WordPress Plugin

#opensource #testing #wordpress #programming

3 min read

Geri Máté for dyrector.io

Sep 25 '23

Product Hunt Is for the Cool Kids

#discuss #opensource #watercooler #startup

4 min read

Sep 25 '23

PyPyInstaller Powershell Module Initial Code Push

#powershell #python #opensource #windows

6 min read

BekahHW

Sep 20 '23

What repos would you recommend to new contributors for Hacktoberfest?

#discuss #hacktoberfest #opensource #hacktoberfest23

1 min read

Bala Madhusoodhanan

Sep 25 '23

Shedding Lights on Web Privacy

#privacy #webdev #opensource

1 min read

Francesco Sardone

Sep 25 '23

Navigating Code In GitHub Repositories

#github #tutorial #beginners #opensource

4 min read

Seth Phat

Sep 24 '23

⭐️ Optimizes your response using Laravel Resource Reducer

#php #laravel #opensource #api

3 min read

Imam Ali Mustofa for WebX DAO

Sep 24 '23

The WebXGuild Chronicles - #03C01: The Core System

#webdev #devjournal #github #opensource

2 min read

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