Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, and Internet activist who co-authored the RSS 1.0 specification, helped develop Creative Commons, and co-founded the social news site Reddit. He founded the online advocacy group Demand Progress, which campaigned against the SOPA/PIPA Internet censorship bills, and was a research fellow at Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. He is also known for his work on the Open Library project and the web.py framework. Swartz died in January 2013 at age 26 while facing federal charges related to downloading academic articles from JSTOR.