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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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Jul 24 '23

Yes! OpenTelemetry is a Critical Part of Securing Your Systems

#security #devops #opensource

7 min read

vdelitz for Corbado

Aug 4 '23

Open-Source Flutter Passkeys Package

#flutter #opensource #passkeys #authentication

2 min read

Aug 4 '23

Why You Should Not Trust Corporate Linux Distros

#linux #opensource

8 min read

Celeste van der Watt for Platform.sh

Aug 4 '23

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#news #webdev #opensource #cloud

2 min read

Jason Shin

Jul 24 '23

[sqlx-ts] compile-time checked queries without DSL in Typescript

#typescript #sql #rust #opensource

4 min read

Fernando for IDURAR AI , Inc | Where Ai Build Software

Aug 3 '23

A Simple Guide to Creating a Pull Request on GitHub

#github #opensource #javascript #beginners

4 min read

Shai Almog

Jul 4 '23

GraphQL, JavaScript, Preprocessor, SQL and more in Manifold

#java #opensource #tutorial #development

4 min read

Jean Eudes Nallatamby

Aug 3 '23

Open-Source Favicon Provider

#news #opensource #startup #webdev

1 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Aug 1 '23

Open Source ABCs: Collaboration

#discuss #opensource #100daysofoss

1 min read

Stoyan

Aug 3 '23

Introduction to LLMFlows

#ai #machinelearning #mlops #opensource

12 min read

Mikhail Yarmaliuk for Lomray Software LLC

Aug 3 '23

Vite SSR BOOST: Forging Our Unique Journey in the Realm of React SSR⚡

#react #vite #ssr #opensource

3 min read

Jul 28 '23

Mastering Git Shortcuts: A Guide to Git Aliases

#git #opensource #programming #beginners

1 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Jul 31 '23

Keeping Your Branch Up to Date and Handling Merge Conflicts While Waiting for PR Reviews

#opensource #github #beginners #git

5 min read

Sm0ke

Jul 23 '23

Open-Source & FREE Site Builder | Simpllo

#pagebuilder #websitebuilder #devtool #opensource

3 min read

Aug 3 '23

What's taking so long with Pidgin 3...

#opensource #programming

5 min read

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