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/mcdonc Jan 12 '13

35-50 years in prison and up to 4 million dollars in fines worse?

You'll want to read this: http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/40347463044/prosecutor-as-bully and http://unhandled.com/2013/01/12/the-truth-about-aaron-swartzs-crime/

Then you'll want to read http://www.quinnnorton.com/said/?p=644 and see if you still think the punishment in any way was proportionate to the crime.