Aaron Swartz would have turned 40 today. His 'legacy lives on' says FSF
smurda
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November 08, 2026
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panarchy
Swartz's passing was the original reason I made a Hacker News account (at the time it was one of the few places that had discussion about it) I was so outraged by the ridiculousness of the prosecution of someone that simply downloaded a few million pdfs. Now compared to AI companies his crime looks like stealing (downloading isn't stealing) a handful of 5 cent candies compared to them stealing the Mona Lisa.