Audacity

I've had the pleasure of working with Audacity on a few occasions now. In the capacity of hobbyist and in more professional capacities, Audacity has impressed me. The tool itself appears rough. Its functionality, however, is unexpected. It is powerful. Considering its price, these positive qualities are all the more apparent. What would the software world look like, the internet look like, if the free digital culture movement had not adapted to the licensing model that sought to supplant (eradicate) it?  I am just glad the culture, pushed by some intrepid crusaders, retained the ethos of the free and open development models (or are they movements?).