who paid with blood and lives for free software?
Oh! and lest i forget :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
Hmm.. Interesting question. Even RMS is still alive :-p
Does one necessarily HAVE to die to give one's life to Free Software?
IMHO - continuing to live dedicated to a righteous cause and persistently pursuing it no matter what the obstacles are, tirelessly without a vested interested counts as giving one's life and blood.
Regards,
- vihan