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The [[Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathons]] generated considerable interest and engagement, but there's more work to be done!
The [[Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathons]] generated considerable interest and engagement, but there's more work to be done!


The Second Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon is scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 8. Our official page is [http://aaronswartzhackathon.org here] but this wiki is for coordinating projects.
The Second Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 8. Our official page is [http://aaronswartzhackathon.org here] but this wiki is for coordinating projects.


We are also using #aaronswhack on irc.oftc.net.
We are also using #aaronswhack on irc.oftc.net and can be reached on the list aaronswhack@numm.org
 
[https://pad.textb.org/p/AaronSwHack video etherpad active during the events]


Very interesting  subject ,  appreciate it for posting . All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. by James Thurber. keebbdaeakckgcad
Very interesting  subject ,  appreciate it for posting . All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. by James Thurber. keebbdaeakckgcad
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==Projects to Work on==
==Projects to Work on==
: Main article: [[Aaron projects]]


{{:Aaron projects}}
* tor2web and jot2tor (virgil, SF)(oliver, BOS) : Tor2web makes it possible for internet users to view content from Tor hidden services.  It's online in a (mostly) functioning form at http://tor2web.org .  Jot2tor is an extension of this allowing users to use Aaron's jottit.com framework to easily create pages hosted on hidden services.  Naturally, pages created via jot2tor are accessible from tor2web.  Aaron and I actually worked on both of these projects until his death.
 
*Fork the Law ([[User:Christie|Christie]] ([[User talk:Christie|talk]]), SF) Fork the Law has spent the last few months working out what ordinary people need to know in order to effect legislative change. We're now working on condensing this down to a set of technical design requirements. We'd like to dig into turning the requirements into code, integrating existing open source applications and other services wherever possible. The repository for the development effort is https://github.com/fork-the-law/hancock.
 
*Archiving Aaron's writings (psawaya, SF). I think it'd be helpful to produce an archive of Aaron's writings, as the formatting on his blog isn't well-organized or good for reading on mobile devices. Some projects might include producing ePub and MOBI versions, organizing and tagging his writing, making it searchable, and perhaps even making it annotatable. It may be possible to build off of [https://github.com/joshleitzel/rawthought this project]. I recall not finding a Creative Commons declaration on Aaron's blog, though this project certainly seems to be in alignment with his ideals. Yan suggested talking about it with Noah Swartz.
 
*Mailpile (brennan, Berlin): https://github.com/pagekite/mailpile
 
*HTTPS Everywhere (yan, SF): an EFF browser extension to encrypt the web that Aaron worked on. There are a lot of [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=type&max=200&component=EFF-HTTPS+Everywhere&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=component&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&report=19 tickets] that we could work on, including making an Opera port of the extension.
 
*Prosecutorial Overreach/Underreach: The DOJ turns a blind eye to war criminals and Wall St crooks yet throws the book at activists like Aaron. I've registered 14 domains that are variations of the three main prosecutors in Aaron's trail (i.e. carmenortiz.org, stephenheymann.org, etc.) The names Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Heymann are already synonymous with abuse of power. Let's cement that while drawing attention to other activists/whistleblowers who are being prosecuted for non-crimes. While we're at it, let's give prosecutors something useful to do by highlighting well documented but unprosecuted crimes (I'm looking at you John Yoo/Jamie Dimon/James Clapper).
 
*Transparency Toolkit (shidash, ?): Unfortunately Shidash is unavailable, but maybe someone else could do it?
 
*Restore the Fourth placeholder.  We'll know more closer to the date about which of our projects would benefit the most from this. Options include the various encrpytion/meshnet/other coding aspects, blog posts and other content development, or drafting policy documents and researching for coalition-building.


==Activists/Groups to reach out to==
==Activists/Groups to reach out to==
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*Willow (Cambridge?) - Hackers Without Borders (contacted)
*Willow (Cambridge?) - Hackers Without Borders (contacted)
*EFF - pgpbot, other tech projects? (contacted)
*EFF - pgpbot, other tech projects? (contacted)
*Internet Archive - (will host reception in SF)
*Internet Archive - NEED CONTACT
*Mozilla - (contacted)
*Mozilla - (contacted)
*Tor - NEED CONTACT
*Tor - NEED CONTACT
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*Maplight - Contacted
*Maplight - Contacted
*Restore the Fourth - (contacted)
*Restore the Fourth - (contacted)
*Demand Progress
*Digital Right Northwest (Seattle - Contacted)


==Locations==
==Locations==
Please include the main organizer name and email.
Please include the main organizer name and email.
This list is non-authoritative: please see [http://aaronswartzhackathon.org the official website] for an up-to-date list of locations.


*<span style="background-color:lime">Nosebridge, SF - CONFIRMED, yan (yan at mit dot edu)</span>
*<span style="background-color:green">Nosebridge, SF - CONFIRMED, yan (yan at mit dot edu)</span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">Boston, MA - CONFIRMED, willow leading (Media Lab)
*<span style="background-color:green">Boston, MA - CONFIRMED, willow leading (Media Lab)
*<span style="background-color:lime">Chicago, IL - CONFIRMED, brian (brianhray at gmail dot com)
*<span style="background-color:green">Chicago, IL - CONFIRMED, brian
*<span style="background-color:lime">Seattle, WA - CONFIRMED, Jigsaw Renaissance, Noah leading</span>
*<span style="background-color:green">Seattle, WA - CONFIRMED, Jigsaw Renaissance, Noah leading</span>
*<span style="background-color:yellow">Austin - IN PROGRESS, samantha mahool </span>
*<span style="background-color:yellow">Austin - IN PROGRESS, samantha mahool </span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">Netz39, Germany - IN PROGRESS, katharina holstein</span>
*<span style="background-color:yellow">Netz39, Germany - IN PROGRESS, katharina holstein</span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">NYC - CONFIRMED, 630 Flushing Ave, rmo (rmo at numm . org)</span>
*<span style="background-color:green">Hacklab Barracas, Buenos Aires [http://wiki.hackcoop.com.ar/HackatonAaronSwartz Event Site] - CONFIRMED, nicolás reynolds</span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">Zagreb - CONFIRMED, david (david at numm . org)</span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">Hacklab Barracas, Buenos Aires [http://wiki.hackcoop.com.ar/HackatonAaronSwartz Event Site] - CONFIRMED, nicolás reynolds</span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">Santiago Chile - CONFIRMED, hugo baronti hugo at baronti dot net in Sofa Santa Isabel 0151 web lab dot libr3 dot org</span>
*<span style="background-color:yellow">Bangalore - contacted & interested, in progress</span>
*<span style="background-color:yellow">Bangalore - contacted & interested, in progress</span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">Berlin - CONFIRMED, samuel carlisle </span>
*<span style="background-color:green">Berlin - CONFIRMED, samuel carlisle </span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">Amsterdam - CONFIRMED, TechInc Hackersspace, vesna manojlovic (becha at xs4all . nl)</span>
**Talk to samthetechie at the c-base for more info
**Talk to samthetechie at the c-base for more info
*<span style="background-color:orange">Houston, TX (combined with civic hackathon) - jeff at januaryadvisors. com</span>
*<span style="background-color:red">Paris</span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">Paris - CONFIRMED. At École normale supérieure. RSVP to hackathon@dissem.in</span>
*<span style="background-color:red">London</span>
*<span style="background-color:red">London</span>
*<span style="background-color:red">Zagreb (+ other balkan)</span>
*<span style="background-color:red">Tokyo</span>
*<span style="background-color:red">Tokyo</span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">Guatemala, CONFIRMED Café Barista, centro comercial Galerías Primma. Calzada Roosevelt Ciudad de Guatemala. www.slgt.org cflarrazabal en tigo.com.gt</span>
*<span style="background-color:lime">México, Hackerspace Rancho electrónico (ranchoelectronico.org), Asamblea RE ranchoelectronico@riseup.net</span>
*<span style="background-color:yellow">Runmarö, Sweden christian  at solvare dot se</span>
*<span style="background-color:yellow">Stuttgart, Germany ki dot ber at kom dot uni dot st</span>
==San Francisco==
In memory of hacker activist Aaron Swartz, let's get together for a weekend to work on projects for social/political reform, information freedom, preserving our rights on the Internet, and making the world we want to live in. Everyone is welcome, regardless of whether or not you code. This event is being organized by [[User:Yan]], so get in touch if you have questions.
We'll be working on several open source projects simultaneously with developers from Tor, EFF, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Mozilla, and other organizations (see projects list above). All of them need your help, no matter who you are! Come find out how you can help us fight mass surveillance and protect whistleblowers, or work on something important that you've been putting off for years, or simply hang out and learn how to use encryption.
Note that the event kicks off at the Internet Archive on Nov 8 but will be at Noisebridge for the rest of the weekend.
If you're coming to the Internet Archive event on Fri, please RSVP via https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ExJpzJY5uy8apNJGK8qPROgfoNXr0u1JdtaL7V8psKA/viewform. No registration is needed for the hackathon at Noisebridge.
===Schedule===
'''Nov. 8 (at the Internet Archive)'''
*5 pm: The [http://archive.org/about/contact.php Internet Archive] opens for early hacking! Yan and possibly others will be around to help people find projects to work on.
*6:30 pm: Reception starts at the Internet Archive. Come mingle.
*7:30 pm: The event kicks off at the Internet Archive on Friday evening with talks from Cindy Cohn (legal director of the EFF), Kevin Poulsen (editor of Wired), Brewster Kahle (founder of the Internet Archive), and others TBA.
*9 pm: Let's start hacking! (Until we get kicked out of the Internet Archive around 10 pm, at which point we might move to Noisebridge?)
'''Nov. 9 (at Noisebridge)'''
*11 am - ?: Hackathon starts up again at Noisebridge! We'll start with more project presentations and then spend the rest of the day working. Come by any time.
*2 pm (ish): CFAA discussion and Q&A
*4 pm: Cryptoparty
'''Nov. 10 (at Noisebridge)'''
*11 am: More hacking at Noisebridge!
*4 pm: DEMO TIME. Come demo what you've done over the weekend. Afterwards we'll head to the Sycamore for celebration.


===Who's going===
==Suggested to Join in==
* [[User:Yan|Yan]]
[http://hackdaymanifesto.com Organizing a Hackathon in general]
* Jay
* posi Already there! Although I think I am at the wrong place.
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