Aaron Swartz died about three years ago on January 11, 2013. He was 26 years old and lived a short but remarkable life — he was a programmer, hacktivist, writer and entrepreneur. He helped develop RSS, Creative Commons and also was a co-founder of Reddit among many other accomplishments. His lasting legacy really his is activism around copyright law and his belief that information should be free. He died by suicide while under federal indictment for data theft, for downloading a large amount of academic journals from JSTOR.
Episode #17 features Justin Peters who recently wrote a book on Aaron titled "The Idealist: Aaron Swartz and the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet." We talk about Aaron, his ideas and the person behind the news headlines. Please visit www.thestandarddeviant.com for full show notes.