In paradisum deducant te Angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres [1]
I did not know Aaron Swartz, but it sounds as though I'd have liked to.
We have lost a great person.
Let us not forget his message, and his driving force.
Let us all take that upon ourselves.
Assure that his legacy continues to expand, even in death.
I've spent two days crying about his death. I cannot imagine how hard this is for those who knew and loved him.
For those that did: You have my love, and my support.
Eulogies:
- RIP, Aaron Swartz by Cory Doctorow
- Prosecutor as bully by Lawrence Lessig
- Aaron Swartz by Rick Perlstein
- Internet Activist, a Creator of RSS, Is Dead at 26, Apparently a Suicide by John Schwartz
- Aaron Swartz commits suicide by Anne Cai
- Farewell to Aaron Swartz, an extraordinary hacker and activist by Peter Eckersley
- My Aaron Swartz, whom I loved. by Quinn Norton
- processing the loss of Aaron Swartz by Danah Boyd
- Remember Aaron Swartz by the family of Aaron Swartz
- Remembering Aaron Swartz by Dan Brickley
- My Buddy Aaron by Jason Scott
- A Data Crusader, a Defendant and Now, a Cause by Noam Cohen
- The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Aaron Swartz by Matthew Yglesias
- Remembering Aaron Swartz - Commons man by 'G.F.'
- Aaron's Army by Carl Malamud
Some clarity too
- The Truth about Aaron Swartz's "Crime" by Alex Stamos
- A Sad Irony: The Federal Judiciary's PACER Pricing Is Illegal by Aaron Greenspan
- I Have Something to Say about Aaron Swartz's Suicide and the Special Way the US Justice Dept Hounds People to Death by Susie Bright
- President Reif writes to MIT community regarding Aaron Swartz by L. Rafael Reif
- The Criminal Charges Against Aaron Swartz (Part 1: The Law) by Orin Kerr
- The Criminal Charges Against Aaron Swartz (Part 2: Prosecutorial Discretion) by Orin Kerr
- The Prosecution of Aaron Swartz: A Reply to Orin Kerr by James Boyle
- Legal Case Strained Troubled Web Activist by Spencer Ante and Anjali Athavaley
- The Swartz suicide and the sick culture of the Justice Dept. by Harvey A. Silverglate
- Memory to myth: tracing Aaron Swartz through the 21st century by Tim Carmody
- Aaron Swartz and the Two Faces of Power by Ryan Singel
And some Beauty
- PDFTribute - People sharing their publicly funded academic articles via pdf in honor of Aaron
- Remember Aaron Swartz - github'd community page; people remembering their time with him
- In the Wake of Aaron Swartz's Death, Let's Fix Draconian Computer Crime Law by Marcia Hofmann
- EFF's Initial Improvements to Aaron's Law for Computer Crime Reform by EFF
- Part 2: EFF's Additional Improvements to Aaron's Law by EFF