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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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Nov 4 '24

My Hacktoberfest Journey: From Beginner to Confident Contributor

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

3 min read

Cleo Buenaventura

Oct 8 '24

Refactoring GENEREADME

#opensource #git #github #refactorit

3 min read

Cleo Buenaventura

Nov 6 '24

Formatting and Linting for consistency

#git #github #opensource #javascript

2 min read

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Olabamiji Oyetubo

Nov 6 '24

Visualize Code coverage in .NET applications using NDepend and NUnit

#dotnet #csharp #testing #opensource

5 min read

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Nov 2 '24

Not So Hacktoberfest...!

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

3 min read

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Timothy Spann. 🇺🇦

Oct 7 '24

AIM Weekly for 07 Oct 2024

#opensource #llm #vectordatabase #milvus

4 min read

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Chris Grams for Tidelift

Oct 3 '24

Paid maintainers are significantly more likely to implement critical security practices than unpaid maintainers

#opensource #tidelift #survey #maintainers

5 min read

Carrie

Nov 6 '24

Why Homelab Users Need a WAF

#cybersecurity #opensource #webdev #beginners

3 min read

Carrie

Nov 6 '24

Comprehensive Understanding of IPv6 Addresses

#cybersecurity #opensource #webdev #beginners

3 min read

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Nov 3 '24

Hacktoberfest : The right way to do open source

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

6 min read

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Kickstarting Open Source with Hacktober!

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

3 min read

Carrie

Nov 6 '24

Understanding ARM Server Deployment for Beginners

#cybersecurity #opensource #webdev #beginners

3 min read

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Lisa-Marie Namphy for Intuit Developers

Oct 3 '24

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#kubernetes #opensource #devops

3 min read

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Nov 6 '24

Install Docker Desktop on Mac

#docker #opensource #devops #development

3 min read

Nov 2 '24

First Open-Source Contribution Hacktoberfest'24 Experience

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

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pyerie

Nov 3 '24

A reflection on my Hacktoberfest experience

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

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Kiran Johns for Hoppscotch

Nov 6 '24

Hoppscotch: Your Browser-Based Solution for API Testing

#webdev #beginners #opensource #learning

3 min read

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Nov 2 '24

This is My Experience with Hactoberfest as a Contributer

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

Nov 3 '24

Turning Frustration into Fascination: My Path to Open Source 💙</>

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

Kevin

Oct 3 '24

OpenSign v1.7.0 introduces new features including Resend Mail API, Expiry date in create document API

#news #nextjs #productivity #opensource

3 min read

Nov 6 '24

Virtual DOM and Actual DOM with Analogy Explanation

#fullstack #devops #webdev #opensource

2 min read

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My Journey Through Hacktoberfest 2024

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

3 min read

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My Hacktoberfest 2024 Journey

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

3 min read

Vitaliy Kukharik

Nov 6 '24

How to Simplify Database Management and Reduce Costs

#opensource #cloud #database #postgres

3 min read

Vladimir Dimitrov

Nov 6 '24

Introducing the Flashcards Game with LLM Assistant

#beginners #programming #ai #opensource

1 min read

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