Aaron Swartz

Aaron H. Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an internet activist who advocated open access to information.

External links and further reading
The precocious coder, hacker visionary, and “pirate” was already a tech legend by the time he’d turned 17. But in the weeks since his suicide last month, at 26, his friends and comrades have tried to turn him into something else—a martyr.
 * "The Life and Afterlife of Aaron Swartz" feature article by Wesley Yang in New York Magazine February 8, 2013
 * "Requiem for a Dream: Aaron Swartz was brilliant and beloved. But the people who knew him best saw a darker side." article by Larissa MacFarquhar in The New Yorker March 11, 2013
 * "Transcript: Lawrence Lessig on "Aaron's Laws - Law and Justice in a Digital Age"
 * Wikipedia article
 * "Report to the President: MIT and the Prosecution of Aaron Swartz"
 * The report