Sad news coming from the world of information technology. One internet activist, Aaron Swartz, died after hanging himself in his apartment on Friday, January 11, 2013 local time.
According to the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, 26-year-old man was found dead in his apartment in Brooklyn. In addition to playing an important role in stopping online piracy bills in Congress, also known Swartz participate in helping manufacture RSS 1.0.
He worked on an early version of the web feed system when he was 14 years old. Swartz's departure was no doubt left a deep sorrow for the people nearby.
"Aaron has a combination of political insight, technical skills and intelligence of people and issues are invincible," said one friend Swartz, Cory Doctorow via Boing Boing blog, as reported by Reuters news agency.
Doctorow said, Swartz did have depression problems for years. Through an account, Swartz once said that his life became miserable after the news-sharing site Reddit was acquired by Conde Nast. As Swartz is known to have a role in building the site Reddit.
"I took a long Christmas break," he said. "I'm sick and suicidal thoughts. I escaped from the police., And when I came back on Monday morning, I was asked to stop."
In 2011, Swartz was indicted for computer fraud and other acts of academic journal articles related downloads at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology illegally. He pleaded not guilty and the trial scheduled to begin in April.
Meanwhile, condolences came from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee. Through Twitter account, Lee called Swartz as a wise leader.
"We have lost a child. Let us cry," said Lee.
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