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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."

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  1. Re:He Is Free Now by 0111+1110 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Fuck their dirty subscription money. This guy was a hero. He was dedicated to freeing information and thus improving the world for everyone. As opposed to restricting information so that a few guys can get rich. Not everything can be free as in beer, but information is one of the few things that can be. At least in this digital age.

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    Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.