O'Reilly Giving Away Open Government As Aaron Swartz Tribute 87
jones_supa writes "The classic hacker book publisher O'Reilly is releasing their book Open Government for free as a tribute for Aaron Swartz. The book asks the question, in a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practitioners both inside and outside of government share their ideas on how to achieve and direct this emerging world of online collaboration, transparency, and participation. The files are posted on the O'Reilly Media GitHub account as PDF, Mobi, and EPUB files."
Re:A "Foo"? (Score:5, Funny)
It means that Mr T pitied him.
When Obama finally replaces Bush... (Score:4, Funny)
I can't wait for our government to reverse itself once Obama replaces Bush. We'll stop having FOIA requests denied, we'll close Gitmo, we'll stop sending troops overseas, and the abomination of "extrajudicial killings" of US citizens will finally end.
Re:Fuck Aaron Swartz (Score:4, Funny)
That's totally untrue. He was a light pepsi user.
Why not all of them? (Score:4, Funny)
If O'Reilly really wanted to honor Swartz' memory, shouldn't they release all of their books for free? Isn't that closer to what he was after?
Releasing just one book, in his name, while still planning to charge everybody for everything else in their catalog, sounds more like a publicity stunt.
Re:A "Foo"? (Score:5, Funny)
I pity the foo that can't get into a bar.