Re: [Vo]:Tragic death of Aaron Swartz and the open source science movement

[Daniel Rocha]

I'm sorry. These files, uploaded, were already there. They were just re
uploaded.


2013/1/13 Daniel Rocha 

> He might have given back the original, but he made a copy. The JSTOR
> archive was finally uploaded to piratebay today.
>
>
> 2013/1/13 Jed Rothwell 
>
>>  Aaron returned the data he had in his possession and JSTOR settled any
>> civil claims we might have had against him in June 2011.
>>
>>
> --
> Daniel Rocha - RJ
> danieldi...@gmail.com
>



-- 
Daniel Rocha - RJ
danieldi...@gmail.com

Re: [Vo]:Tragic death of Aaron Swartz and the open source science movement

[Daniel Rocha]

He might have given back the original, but he made a copy. The JSTOR
archive was finally uploaded to piratebay today.


2013/1/13 Jed Rothwell 

>  Aaron returned the data he had in his possession and JSTOR settled any
> civil claims we might have had against him in June 2011.
>
>
-- 
Daniel Rocha - RJ
danieldi...@gmail.com

Re: [Vo]:Tragic death of Aaron Swartz and the open source science movement

[Abd ul-Rahman Lomax]

At 06:22 PM 1/13/2013, Jed Rothwell wrote:

This is a dreadful story. See:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/01/13/brilliant_life_and_tragic_death_of_aaron_swartz.html

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/01/13/aaron_swartz_s_suicide_may_make_the_open_access_movement_mainstream.html

It gives me the willies because it is somewhat similar to what I do 
at LENR-CANR.org.


Well, that was part of what he did. I've had occasion to review your 
practices in hosting files at lenr-canr.org, and you aren't doing 
anything illegal, in spite of what a certain idiot claimed, ad 
nauseum, on Wikipedia.


You are taking modest steps. Aaron Swartz took some big ones. 
Sometimes people struggling with depression do that, the rush can 
lift the depression for a while. I read a memoir by his 
ex-girlfriend. Made me cry. He was loved. 

Re: [Vo]:Tragic death of Aaron Swartz and the open source science movement

[Alan Fletcher]

> From: "Jed Rothwell" 
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:22:49 PM
> Subject: [Vo]:Tragic death of Aaron Swartz and the open source science 
> movement
 
> It gives me the willies because it is somewhat similar to what I do at
> LENR-CANR.org.

Just as well nobody cares about pathological science papers ...






... yet.

[Vo]:Tragic death of Aaron Swartz and the open source science movement

[Jed Rothwell]

This is a dreadful story. See:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/01/13/brilliant_life_and_tragic_death_of_aaron_swartz.html

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/01/13/aaron_swartz_s_suicide_may_make_the_open_access_movement_mainstream.html

It gives me the willies because it is somewhat similar to what I do at
LENR-CANR.org.

- Jed



Statement from MIT:

http://about.jstor.org/statement-swartz

We are deeply saddened to hear the news about Aaron Swartz. We extend our
heartfelt condolences to Aaron’s family, friends, and everyone who loved,
knew, and admired him. He was a truly gifted person who made important
contributions to the development of the internet and the web from which we
all benefit.

We have had inquiries about JSTOR’s view of this sad event given the
charges against Aaron and the trial scheduled for April. The case is one
that we ourselves had regretted being drawn into from the outset, since
JSTOR’s mission is to foster widespread access to the world’s body of
scholarly knowledge. At the same time, as one of the largest archives of
scholarly literature in the world, we must be careful stewards of the
information entrusted to us by the owners and creators of that content. To
that end, Aaron returned the data he had in his possession and JSTOR
settled any civil claims we might have had against him in June 2011.

JSTOR is a not-for-profit service and a member of the internet community.
We will continue to work to distribute the content under our care as widely
as possible while balancing the interests of researchers, students,
libraries, and publishers as we pursue our commitment to the long-term
preservation of this important scholarly literature.

We join those who are mourning this tragic loss.