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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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May 17

Unveiling JSON License Modified: A Deep Dive into Fair Code Licensing

#jsonlicensemodified #faircodelicensing #opensource

7 min read

May 17

Leet2Git: Automatically Push Your LeetCode Submissions to GitHub (Free and Supports All Languages!)

#opensource #leetcode #github #productivity

2 min read

George Delaportas (ViR4X)

May 20

GreyOS: The Meta-OS Redefining Cloud Computing

#opensource #cloud #php #javascript

3 min read

Code Area

May 21

Boost Your JavaScript Skills with Closures, Promises, and Async/Await

#discuss #webdev #devops #opensource

2 min read

Rohan

May 21

I Built Zigistry, a Package Registry for Zig with No Money (except $3 domain name)- Here's How

#webdev #zig #opensource #web3

3 min read

May 16

CForge – A Modern C++ Build System

#cforge #cpp #c #opensource

2 min read

May 16

Try the new Secure Session Vault

#productivity #opensource #security #api

2 min read

May 16

How does work React Awesomework Next.Js ?

#javascript #programming #beginners #opensource

2 min read

Mahammad Ahmadov

May 20

Solved a Common Problem for My Students with a Console Table Library

#programming #productivity #opensource #dotnet

1 min read

May 16

Introducing BlazeJob: A TypeScript Task Scheduler for Node.js 🚀

#typescript #node #opensource #automation

1 min read

Nidhi

May 16

Beginner's Collaborative Design App with Real-Time Firebase Sync — Feedback Welcome!

#discuss #webdev #opensource #firebase

1 min read

NocoBase

May 16

NocoBase Weekly Updates: Optimization and Bug Fixes

#news #opensource #lowcode #nocode

6 min read

Sharon

May 20

3-Minute Setup: The Open Source WAF That’s Taking Over GitHub

#safeline #cybersecurity #opensource #devsecops

3 min read

AMAN

May 16

WEEK 2

#devops #opensource #career #learning

1 min read

Yuhesh Pandian P J

May 29

🎨 ICONIC — A Curated Gallery of Open Source Skill Icons You Can Contribute To

#icons #opensource #svg #beginners

1 min read

Zhang Wei

May 15

Unveiling the EU DataGrid Software License: A Deep Dive into Open Source, Fair Code, and Developer Empowerment

#opensource #faircode #developerempowerment

7 min read

May 15

Why Developers Seek an Auth0 Alternative

#authentication #developer #security #opensource

2 min read

Antonio | CEO at Litlyx.com

May 15

Top 7 Website Analytics Tools for May 2025

#discuss #beginners #opensource #startup

2 min read

h13ris

May 15

Site web à la maison ? Oui, même sans IP fixe !

#webdev #tutorial #opensource

4 min read

May 15

Unveiling the Open Invention Network License: A Comprehensive Look at Innovation, Collaboration, and Challenges

#openinventionnetworklicense #opensource #innovation

8 min read

May 15

Day 4: Permission Please! Understanding File Permissions in RHEL 9

#linux #cloudwhistler #opensource #beginners

3 min read

Aniket Raj

May 28

Project KARL AI

#ai #programming #kotlin #opensource

1 min read

May 15

Unveiling Open Data Commons Attribution License – A Comprehensive Exploration of Open Data Licensing

#odcby #opendatalicensing #opensource

7 min read

Kseniya Fedoruk for ONLYOFFICE

May 15

API roundup: latest updates for ONLYOFFICE Docs

#onlyoffiice #api #opensource

4 min read

Chen Debra

May 15

Don’t Miss It! Zoom Shares Innovative Use of DolphinScheduler – Live Meetup on May 20

#apachedolphinscheduler #zoom #meetup #opensource

2 min read

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