In an open letter co-signed by Fee Plumley and I, we suggest to JSTOR’s publisher ITHAKA renaming their free accounts in memoriam of Aaron Swartz. What would be a simple thing to implement for ITHAKA would have powerful resonance in a community coming to terms with this tragic loss. Anyone who supports the idea is encouraged to add their name to the letter or on the duplicate post on Fee’s reallybigroadtrip The loss of Aaron Swartz on 11 January 2013 is a tragic one in so many ways. First and foremost, it is a tragic loss for his friends and family. It is a tragic loss for all of us in the open community/ies. And it is a tragic loss to every single person who…
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