Guerilla Open Access Manifesto

by Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet Hacktivist wrote the Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto, detailing his perspective on the creative commons and the restriction of information. On January 13th 2013, two days after his death, Anonymous hacked MIT's website and posted a copy of this manifesto, along with a message which can be read in full at: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/13/anon...

"You were the best of us; may you yet bring out the best in us.

-Anonymous, Jan 13, 2013."

This manifesto is openly available across the internet, including at the official URL where it has been posted in numerous languages.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Software, Technology

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Aaron Swartz was an American computer programmer, a writer, a political organizer, and an Internet hacktivist. He was involved in the development of RSS, Creative Commons, web.py, and Reddit. He helped launch the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in 2009 and founded the online group Demand Progress.

Reviews

[KM]

One of the most fascinating things Aaron Swartz did with the data from the JSTOR library was to examine the metadata of the papers to see if there was any connection between the interests of those who funded higher education institutions' research and the regulations that were subsequently made for those same interests.

Because of the strong focus on MIT's poor response to the crisis and JSTOR's dishonest financial tactics, Aaron's effort was essentially neglected. Publicly funded universities installing pay walls in front of publications with public funding, citing instruction and the betterment of society as justifications... archiving systems that charge astronomical fees for documents that should otherwise be accessible to the public.

Aaron's death was a tragedy and the fact that they succeeded in their efforts to keep the status quo makes remembering him more painful.

Rest in peace, big man. You are an example for many of us.

"The only way to deal with this world without freedom is to become so absolutely free that your mere existence is an act of rebellion." – Albert Camus

"Sharing isn’t immoral — it’s a moral imperative." – Aaron Swartz

[A]

”There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.”

[Eimantas]

One of the brightest minds of our generation who was killed by corrupt bureaucrats and greedy corporations.

"There is no justice in following unjust laws."

Rest in peace Aaron.

F

[Alien Bookreader]

Really the best manifesto of all time.
Knowledge should be accessible to all.

Rest in peace, Aaron Schwarz.

[Ethan Mehta]

This sat in "want to read" for far too long because I didn't realise how short it was.

[Fattah Fathun Karim]

Solidarity!
Aaron Swartz is one of the best thing that has happened to this world. I hope a whole new generation of such visionaries rise up from his ashes.

[Albert]

Aaron was brilliant. I still can't believe he is no longer with us.

[t.s. esque]

Audiobook: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nlAl4pLGRE

[Keiller Ek]

El conocimiento es poder. El acceso a esta informacion deber ser libre.

[Victoria]

Learn more about Aaron Schwartz!! Information should always be free.

[Aleksandra]

adding this because this year marked the 10 year anniversary of the death of internet's own boy. we are all standing on his shoulders

[Kerimcan Ak]

A primer for a new movement, a sacrifice for all humanity, may seem like a small read but it hold a huge momentum that we can still owe much.

[Ali]

"It's called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral equivalent of plundering a ship and murdering its crew."

[Lientur Alkaman Kurüfilu]

El conocimiento es estratégico para la humanidad

[Mia]

You can find the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, which is public domain (for the goodReads mods), here:
https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOp...

With comments:
https://archive.org/details/GuerillaO...

[Tarang Wadekar]

aaron swartz was really amazing and more than amazing

[Teo]

2016.07.07–2016.07.07

Swartz A (2008) Guerilla Open Access Manifesto

[Joseph Friedman]

“There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand
tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.”