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RMS, Aaron Swartz Among 2013 Internet Hall of Fame Inductees

Posted by Soulskill on from the barry-bonds-given-the-cold-shoulder-again dept.

gnujoshua writes "The Internet Hall of Fame inducted 32 new members, today. This years class had a number of 'policy innovators' and activists including Aaron Swartz (posthumous), John Perry Barlow, Jimmy Wales, and Richard M. Stallman. Stallman had this to say upon his induction: 'Now that we have made the Internet work, the next task is to stop it from being a platform for massive surveillance, and make it work in a way that respects human rights, including privacy.'"

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  1. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    I have nothing of value to add to the conversation.

  2. Re:Why Aaron Swartz? by TeknoHog · · Score: 3, Informative
    Wikipedia:

    Swartz was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS, the organization Creative Commons, the website framework web.py and the social news site Reddit

    This is just from the summary that doesn't fully capture the range of his contributions, so you might want to read some more.

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