In RMS's own words: > “An article mentioned that I was the father of the open source software. I wrote back to the editor that if it were to be true, then the

In RMS's own words: > “An article mentioned that I was the father of the open source software. I wrote back to the editor that if it were to be true, then the child that was conceived (open source) was a product of artificial insemination with sperms stolen from me without my knowledge and consent”. [0] In any case, I don't think RMS would claim that he is the "father" of free software either, in the sense that he believes that software is inherently free. He may have been the father of a particular political movement (and organization) that advocates for this freedom, but saying that RMS "created" free software would be like saying that Martin Luther King, Jr.[1] "created" racial equality. [0] Taken from http://linux4sanmukh.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/what-i-learnt-from-stallman/ http://linux4sanmukh.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/what-i-learnt-... , though he's been saying this in his talks for years