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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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Laura Du Ry for Appwrite

Jan 30 '24

We removed cookies, pixels, and tags from the website and console

#opensource #security

8 min read

TThroo-Dev

Jan 9 '24

JSONCrack Codebase Analysis - Part 5 - Toolbar and Bottom bar

#webdev #javascript #opensource #nextjs

6 min read

Daniela Bonvini for SparkFabrik

Jan 25 '24

How (not) to contribute to open source

#opensource #web #development #community

8 min read

Bap

Jan 25 '24

5 open source tools for effective ML Testing

#python #productivity #opensource #machinelearning

6 min read

Leonardo Montini for Claranet

Jan 29 '24

Employee-Driven Sponsorship: Open Source Day 2024

#opensource

2 min read

Ricardo Sueiras for AWS

Jan 29 '24

AWS open source newsletter, #186

#opensource #aws

14 min read

Jan 29 '24

Next.js Codebase Analysis <> create-next-app <> index.ts explained - Part 1.8

#opensource #javascript #react #nextjs

3 min read

David MM👨🏻‍💻

Jan 29 '24

Security auditing your Linux OS with Lynis

#security #tutorial #opensource #linux

4 min read

Jamesb

Jan 29 '24

Unlocking Advanced RAG: Citations and Attributions

#opensource #ai #machinelearning #openai

3 min read

Pieces 🌟 for Pieces.app

Jan 29 '24

How to Develop an IntelliJ Plugin: A DIY Guide to Adding Drag and Drop with Custom DataFlavors

#kotlin #tutorial #beginners #opensource

15 min read

Guillermo Ruiz for AWS Español

Jan 29 '24

Boletín AWS Open Source, January Edition

#aws #opensource #developers

9 min read

Jan 29 '24

Contributing to Open Source is EASY? Here's how my first contribution went.

#beginners #opensource #learning #tutorial

5 min read

Seal

Jan 29 '24

Seal Launches Walrus 0.5: Revamps Workflow for an Out-of-the-Box Deployment Experience

#devops #deployment #opensource #platformengineering

4 min read

Jan 29 '24

OpenAI API Mock for Devs on a Budget

#openai #node #mock #opensource

2 min read

JJOA

Jan 29 '24

First Open-Source Contribution

#opensource #beginners #learning #git

3 min read

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