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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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Sm0ke

Sep 23 '23

[Debate] Reliable, long-run DOCS System - What options do we have ?!

#documentation #docusaurus #opensource

1 min read

Ayu Adiati for Virtual Coffee

Oct 1 '23

Hacktoberfest 2023: Let's Make Positive Impacts, Learn & Grow Together in Open Source!

#hacktoberfest23 #opensource #webdev

3 min read

OpenSource for Webcrumbs

Sep 23 '23

The early days of open source

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

2 min read

Sep 23 '23

Making Money on GitHub: A Guide for Developers

#tutorial #github #opensource #money

4 min read

Sep 23 '23

Comparing SQL and Cypher Query Language

#apacheage #postgres #database #opensource

2 min read

Amnish Singh Arora

Sep 23 '23

Contributions are fun, but not easy!

#discuss #opensource #collaboration #coding

5 min read

OpenSource for Webcrumbs

Sep 22 '23

JavaScript vs. TypeScript for Open Source: Seeking the Community's Thoughts 🤔

#webdev #javascript #react #opensource

2 min read

Sep 23 '23

Exploring Citus: Enhancing PostgreSQL with Scalability

#apacheage #postgressql #database #opensource

2 min read

Weasely

Sep 23 '23

Introducing Athena-Express-Plus: Elevating Your Amazon Athena Experience

#aws #node #opensource #athena

4 min read

Sep 23 '23

Running Your Project on Replit.com

#programming #tutorial #beginners #opensource

2 min read

𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 for SWIRL

Sep 18 '23

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): How To Get AI Models Learn Your Data & Give You Answers

#python #ai #machinelearning #opensource

6 min read

Sep 11 '23

Need some feedback for this markdown editor.

#react #javascript #opensource #markdown

1 min read

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

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