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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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DrSkyle

Jan 17

I built a local-first AWS cost killer in Go (Open Source)

#devops #aws #cloudcomputing #opensource

2 min read

VeritasChain Standards Organization (VSO)

Jan 17

How I Solved the "Unsolvable" GDPR-MiFID II Paradox with Crypto-Shredding

#gdpr #mifidii #opensource #python

8 min read

keke lele

Jan 17

How I Built a Free Arabic Calligraphy Generator with SVG Export

#webdev #javascript #opensource #design

1 min read

VeritasChain Standards Organization (VSO)

Jan 17

Building Cryptographic Audit Trails for TradingView Strategies with VCP

#opensource #tradingview #python #cryptography

5 min read

정용훈

Jan 16

Stop Pasting Production Tokens into Random Websites. Here’s a Safer Alternative.

#webdev #javascript #productivity #opensource

1 min read

gaven yang

Jan 18

Stop Using `Math.random()` for Raffles: Building a Truly Fair Wheel with React & Web Crypto API

#react #javascript #webdev #opensource

2 min read

azu

Jan 16

JSer.info 15th Anniversary: Looking Back at 15 Years of JavaScript

#javascript #webdev #newsletter #opensource

12 min read

atakanozt

Jan 20

5 Awesome Ways to Deploy DocuSeal in 2026

#docker #opensource #devops #tutorial

6 min read

Jan 30

Why We Built a Framework Nobody Asked For

#ai #softwareengineering #governance #opensource

7 min read

MAHER X

Jan 16

Uqda Network vs Regular Internet: A Real-World Comparison 📊

#networking #privacy #cybersecurity #opensource

7 min read

Jan 16

CodeCoach — A new way of practicing codeforces

#opensource #learning #coding

1 min read

WIOWIZ Technologies

Jan 16

VHE: GPU-Accelerated Gate-Level Simulation at Zero License Cost

#dv #gpu #opensource #semiconductor

2 min read

Jeff Smith

Jan 16

I Built a TypeScript SDK for John Deere Because Nobody Else Did

#typescript #opensource #agriculture #javascript

1 min read

MAHER X

Jan 16

Uqda Network: Building a Private Internet Where Privacy is the Default 🌐🔒

#networking #privacy #cybersecurity #opensource

8 min read

Felipe Stanzani

Jan 16

Spring Boot 4: Brief Upgrade Guide and Code Comparison

#programming #opensource #architecture #learning

3 min read

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