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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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Sep 22 '23

First Open Source Contribution

#opensource #programming

4 min read

Namatuzio

Sep 22 '23

The Beauty of the Pull Request

#opensource #beginners #csharp #git

3 min read

Sep 13 '23

🧭 Navigating the Open Source Landscape: ⭐Finding Your First Contribution

#discuss #opensource #webdev #github

5 min read

Sep 20 '23

We need a new browser

#opensource #browser

2 min read

Sep 22 '23

My first contribution to other open source project

#opensource #programming #python

2 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Sep 18 '23

Open Source ABCs: Quality Assurance

#discuss #opensource #100daysofoss

1 min read

Niklas for Rig.dev

Sep 20 '23

Why we made our Startup Open-Source

#startup #opensource #webdev

4 min read

Bap

Sep 15 '23

👩‍💻 Everything you need to know about Hacktoberfest 2023 (and what's happening with the free tee shirts?) ➡️

#webdev #opensource #github #hacktoberfest23

3 min read

Nik L. for SuprSend

Sep 21 '23

A Complete Guide on Notification Infrastructure for Modern Applications in 2024

#notification #devops #development #opensource

8 min read

Sep 22 '23

Why Should Startups Develop a React Native App?

#reactnative #mobile #opensource #android

4 min read

DASWU

Sep 22 '23

GlusterFS vs. JuiceFS

#opensource #bigdata

7 min read

Marcel.L

Sep 20 '23

Open Source Contribution on GitHub

#github #developer #opensource #devops

6 min read

Vitor Amaral for Basestack

Aug 31 '23

Hello, World!

#flags #opensource #github #typescript

1 min read

RisingWave Labs

Sep 21 '23

Streaming Databases: Everything You Wanted to Know

#news #database #programming #opensource

6 min read

Sep 21 '23

A plan for Q3 2023 iteration

#buildinpublic #opensource #cybersecurity #microsaas

3 min read

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