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Aaron Swartz Commits Suicide

Posted by Soulskill on from the rest-in-peace dept.

maijc writes "Computer activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide yesterday in New York City. He was 26 years old. Swartz was 'indicted in July 2011 by a federal grand jury for allegedly mass downloading documents from the JSTOR online journal archive with the intent to distribute them.' He is best known for co-authoring the widely-used RSS 1.0 specification when he was 14, and as one of the early co-owners of Reddit."

2 of 589 comments (clear)

  1. Re:sad day, and sad reality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We ARE just animals. What are you, a sentient rock?

  2. Re:I understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I remember 2003 as well.