(Quote from accolades to him found elsewhere.) Is that enough? A young communist dies, and it's certainly not an occasion for a celebration, but neither is it an occasion to declare sainthood. Hackers pursued by the government have in the past been associated with the anarchists or libertarians, and they fought on, and they went to jail. This young man was a Communist (to you perhaps a euphemistic "progressive"), and bets here are that he felt betrayed by the leaders of his movement in the White House and the Justice Department. The Revolution ate one of its own!
JSTOR was charging fees for access, but NOT paying royalties to the content creators. A non profit that keeps the pay of its executives and officers on the down low.
The social justice this young man sought was the end of the featherbedding of the government-academe-corporate troika.
That the public have access to the public commons they paid for.
“(to you perhaps a euphemistic ‘progressive’)”
Why the insult, RC?
You quote what someone else said about him as if that was the beginning and end of it.
What do you KNOW about this kid other than what you have read in the press?