Internet success : a study of open-source software commons /

Internet success : a study of open-source software commons /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Schweik, Charles M., 1961-
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 351 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Open source software. Information commons. Information commons. Open source software. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11136361

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Other authors / contributors:	English, Robert C., 1951-
ISBN:	9780262301206 0262301202 9780262017251 0262017253
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Drawing on literature from many disciplines and using a theoretical framework developed for the study of environmental commons, Schweik and English examine stages of open-source software (OSS) development, presenting multivariate statistical models of success and abandonment.
Other form:	Print version: Schweik, Charles M., 1961- Internet success. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012 9780262017251
Standard no.:	9786613678980

Table of Contents:

The importance of open-source software commons
The ecosystem
The developer
Technological and community attributes
Institutional attributes
The OSGeo case : an example of the evolving OSS ecosystem
Defining open-source software success and abandonment
What can SourceForge.net data alone tell us about open-source software commons?
Filling gaps in our data with the survey on free/libre and open-source success
Answering the questions raised in Part II
Putting it all together in multivariate models of success and abandonment
Thinking about Part III : a review of our epirical research
Our study in perspective.