学习Python的第一个Web框架就是web.py,没想到它的作者Aaron Swartz已经于2013年1月11日自杀。

2012年年末计划用Python将此博客重写,其中Web框架经过一翻选型,便确定使用web.py。本打算利用周末时间,希望能在年前完成,但因迫近年关诸事繁忙,现在才刚刚搭建起基本的项目框架。真是诸行无常,现在唯一能纪念的,就是作为一个程序员,学习吸收Aaron Swartz的思想,尽快的完成这个项目,并发布到github,也算是对web.py的一种推介,对Aaron Swartz的一种追思。关于Aaron Swartz见Fenng的介绍少年心气 - 艾伦·斯沃兹(Aaron Swartz) 的传奇

@程序员杂志: 震惊!Aaron Swartz自杀身亡,年仅26。他是Reddit的联合创始人,web.py的设计者,14岁参与创造了RSS 1.0规范,又与John Gruber共同设计了Markdown。2011年曾因下载480万篇JSTOR学术论文而被捕。http://t.cn/zjrzsyb

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Aaron Swartz commits suicide By Anne Cai – NEWS EDITOR; UPDATED AT 2:15 A.M. 1/12/13

Computer activist Aaron H. Swartz committed suicide in New York City yesterday, Jan. 11, according to his uncle, Michael Wolf, in a comment to The Tech. Swartz was 26.

“The tragic and heartbreaking information you received is, regrettably, true,” confirmed Swartz’ attorney, Elliot R. Peters of Kecker and Van Nest, in an email to The Tech.

Swartz was indicted in July 2011 by a federal grand jury for allegedly mass downloading documents from the JSTOR online journal archive with the intent to distribute them. He subsequently moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he then worked for Avaaz Foundation, a nonprofit “global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere.” Swartz appeared in court on Sept. 24, 2012 and pleaded not guilty.

The accomplished Swartz co-authored the now widely-used RSS 1.0 specification at age 14, was one of the three co-owners of the popular social news site Reddit, and completed a fellowship at Harvard’s Ethics Center Lab on Institutional Corruption. In 2010, he founded DemandProgress.org, a “campaign against the Internet censorship bills SOPA/PIPA.”

About Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz is the founder of Demand Progress, which launched the campaign against the Internet censorship bills (SOPA/PIPA) and now has over a million members. He is also a Contributing Editor to The Baffler and on the Council of Advisors to The Rules.

He is a frequent television commentator and the author of numerous articles on a variety of topics, especially the corrupting influence of big money on institutions including nonprofits, the media, politics, and public opinion. From 2010-11, he researched these topics as a Fellow at the Harvard Ethics Center Lab on Institutional Corruption. He also served on the board of Change Congress, a good government nonprofit.

He has also developed the site theinfo.org. His landmark analysis of Wikipedia, Who Writes Wikipedia?, has been widely cited. Working with Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee at MIT, he helped develop and popularize standards for sharing data on the Web. He also coauthored the RSS 1.0 specification, now widely used for publishing news stories.

His piece with photographer Taryn Simon, Image Atlas (2012), is has been featured in the New Museum. In 2007, he led the development of the nonprofit Open Library, an ambitious project to collect information about every book ever published. He also cofounded the online news site Reddit, where he released as free software the web framework he developed, web.py.

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