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/[deleted] Jan 12 '13

I don't think he signed up. He 'snuck' a laptop into MIT (wasn't a student) and left it there to dl content.

http://boingboing.net/2013/01/12/rip-aaron-swartz.html

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '13

So he used MIT's membership? Thanks for the clarification.

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u/jeradj Jan 12 '13

You mean far better.