He co-authored the RSS 1.0 spec at the age of 14, was heavily involved in the Open Library, one of the driving forces behind the fight against SOPA and PIPA, and now he's gone from the world. And it's pretty likely that 'prosecutorial bullying' was at least part of the reason that he took his own life.
http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/403474...cutor-as-bully
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...-his-own-life/
The link below makes for especially sad reading:
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/verysick
http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/403474...cutor-as-bully
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...-his-own-life/
The link below makes for especially sad reading:
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/verysick
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