Aaron Hillel Swartz was a programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political activist and hacktivist Internet. He was involved in the development of the format of RSS feed, and the publishing format Markdown, the organization Creative Commons, the web site’s infrastructure “web.py” and the social bookmarking website Reddit, which became a partner after he merge with his company, Infogami. He received media attention after the collection of academic journal articles JSTOR.
He was chief designer of the initial project of the Open Library.
Also focused on sociology, civic awareness and political activism.