Thanks for the mail. I am sad and incredibly angry on the system as well. Lessig's blog post kind of reflects my thoughts http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/40347463044/prosecutor-as-bully
It reminds me "scraping" - what we think as an innocent way of gathering public data may not be viewed in the same way by authority. Thej -- Thejesh GN | ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ http://thejeshgn.com GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > I am sure most of you heard, Aaron Swartz one of the pioneers of RSS, > Reddit,social hacktivism, and on top of that a great person, died. > > I knew Aaron very briefly when he worked out of the Sunlight Foundation > offices several years back. I remember him being incredibly sweet, smart, > funny and generous. > > It is tragic how he was treated for making information, that belongs to > the public, open. He was a hero to lot of us. I'm very sad to not have his > ever present passion and heart no longer around. > > As we move forward with our endeavors to bring information into the public > sphere we can't forgot the people that came before us and led the way. > > Aaron you have left a void, Rest in Peace. > > > > > -- > Nisha Thompson > Mobile: 962-061-2245 > > -- > For more details about this list > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected].
