[open-archaeology] Aaron Swartz

Mon Jan 14 20:28:41 UTC 2013

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Dear all,
I am afraid that most of you read the news about the suicide of Aaron
Swartz. Several of his friends have written about him. I can only
suggest you to read the post by Jonathan Gray, that explains very well
why his life and legacy matter to all of us:

http://blog.okfn.org/2013/01/14/goodbye-aaron-swartz-and-long-live-your-legacy/

Most of us have an academic background so I would like to highlight one
excerpt from Jonathan's post:

> In tribute, hundreds of academics have started tweeting links to 
> their research papers using the hashtag #pdftribute.

I leave to each of you whether to join this #pdftribute.

Some of us have expressed their feelings about Aaron's death and the
absurd charges he was facing (Larry Lessig wrote about this, linked
from Jonathan above):

- - http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/blog/?p=891
- -
http://dougsarchaeology.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/archaeology-open-access-rip-aaron-swartz/

Whatever your feelings are, I just wanted to say: do not let this
tragedy be without a meaning for those of us still alive. May Aaron's
legacy live in our future.

Ciao
Stefano

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Stefano Costa
Coordinator, Working Group on Open Data in Archaeology
http://wiki.okfn.org/wg/archaeology
The Open Knowledge Foundation · http://www.okfn.org
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