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We should still nominate still Aaron Swartz. ＊＊＊Aaron Swartz＊＊＊ Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. T
by allenleein 10y ago
We should still nominate still Aaron Swartz.
＊＊＊Aaron Swartz＊＊＊
Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations. Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the sciences? You'll need to send enormous amounts to publishers like Reed Elsevier.
(From archive.org:
https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamj...)
- ploggingdev 10y agoFrom the post : > Eligibility requirements for the $250,000 prize > The recipient must be living. So that rules out Aaron Swartz.
- ReverseCold 10y agoBut it's a disobedience award, so... disobey the rules.
- ReverseCold 10y agoOr disobey disobeying the rules and do whatever you want within the rules.
- sebastianconcpt 10y agoYou can disobey as long as you fit the narrative. This is an issue far beyond MIT even countries
- flamedoge 10y agoimport his brain...?
- zentropia 10y agoGive it to the founder of scihub
- noipv4 10y agoScihub took up much of Aaron's mission.