In the early and initial days (when open source, free software, and Linux were the same for me), I used to think of Richard M Stallman, known as RMS, in comparison with Mahatma Gandhi. One math professor there (at Cochin University of Science and Technology) gave a brief introduction and said that he feels RMS is comparable to Mahatma Gandhi. RMS closed his eyes with shyness.Then he came to the microphone and said, "Well, I and my movement cannot be compared with Gandhi's because I do not have t...