Please help us celebrate the publication of Internet Success: A Study of Open Source Software Commons, by Charles Schweik, associate professor of environmental conservation and public policy, and Robert English (MPPA ’08). The Center for Public Policy and Administration will host a book launch party for Schweik and English on Thursday, Sept. 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Gordon Hall Atrium.
Internet Success is the result of the first large-scale empirical study examining the social, technical and institutional aspects of open source software. Schweik and English look at the factors that lead to some open source projects successfully producing usable software and sustaining ongoing product development, while other open source projects are abandoned. The book has received praise from the open source software community, including in this review.
This book launch is part of the CPPA student orientation week and will introduce new students to one aspect of intellectual life at CPPA. Faculty and students from other departments are also welcome.