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Aaron Swartz, The Internet's Own Boy.

His vision of a more connected, informed, and #free world continues to guide and inspire us all.

- Helped develop RSS
- Helped develop Markdown
- one of the co-creator of REDDIT
- Behind Creative Commons License
- was a public advocate against pay walling of publicly funded scientific research papers and wanted to make them free to read.

His legacy continues to inspire the fight for a more open and equitable #internet, where information is freely available to all.

True Legend!

#RIP #AaronSwartz
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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of #Aaron #Swartz β€” a 2014 American biographical #documentary #filmstr about #AaronSwartz written, directed, and produced by Brian Knappenberger. https://youtu.be/M85UvH0TRPc
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In 2013 he "was facing potential jail time for hacking into MIT's computer network and stealing copies of 4.8 million academic papers." https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Aaron_Swartz