reddit co-founder aaron swartz, age 26, kills himself

[brianmanahan]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/12/us/new-york-reddit-founder-suicide/index.html


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[Doppel]

I've still never been to reddit, but if he co-wrote rss specification at least I have used that a few times.

 

[IronWing]

Harvard's Ethics Center Lab on Institutional Corruption

They have a lab for this?

 

[brianmanahan]

I've still never been to reddit, but if he co-wrote rss specification at least I have used that a few times.

and he co-wrote it when he was 14!

 

[Doppel]

and he co-wrote it when he was 14!

Yeah I saw he was 26 and it's been around for a while, made me feel a bit useless for a few seconds.

 

[unokitty]

"The aims and ideals of Aaron Swartz can, I believe, be laid to some degree at this man's door. That is something I would be very proud of, if I were Lawrence Lessig. Whatever the results of the government's actions against Swartz—and whether or not those actions are ultimately motivated by an instinct toward intellectual property protectionism of the kind demonstrated by the RIAA and others in the U.S.—there can be little doubt that the motives of people like Lawrence Lessig and Aaron Swartz spring from a desire to serve the public good. To that extent we are in their debt, rather than the reverse."

--from Was Aaron Swartz Stealing?

The JSTOR case against Aaron Swartz was an important test case. Specifically, it tested the concept of can you steal free documents? The fact that JSTOR refused to prosecute him likely is significant. The fact that the feds went after him is, in my opinion, just an expression of their frustration.

Without Aaron Swartz, the world is a smaller place.

RIP Aaron,
Uno

 

[gevorg]

political activist, internet censorship, trouble with the law, trouble with the FBI... killed himself? Hmmm.......

 

[Oyeve]

I always thought him as an asshole hacker. Sad tho.