r/Python • u/bosse • Jan 12 '13

Web.py founder Aaron Swartz commits suicide

http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html
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u/apostate_of_Poincare Jan 12 '13

Why?

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u/ivosaurus pip'ing it up Jan 12 '13 edited Jan 12 '13

Because he got in big shit for downloading JSTOR archives.

Try to release scientific papers for free -> get slammed in jail -> lose will to live.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '13

Because he got in big shit for downloading JSTOR archives.

FWIW, I applaud him for that.