After the SixApart licensing fiasco took place only a
few weeks ago, the company — headed still by Ben
and Mena Trott, among others — has taken a good
look at its pricing structure on its Movable Type
software, and changed a few things.
“We were able to create pricing that enables us to invest more
in the development of Movable Type while also removing the
limitations that many users felt were too restrictive.
And, ultimately the new licensing is simpler to understand
and more flexible in how you can use the tool.”
The new agreements state that any paid licensing
scheme allows for an unlimited number of weblogs, clearing
up the somewhat confusing terms of contract originally posted.
We feel that 6A handled
the situation like a champ. They took in user feedback, didn’t react
irrationally, and came up with a great solution for their great software.
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The solution is pretty good in my opinion, but I wonder if the damage is irrepairable.
I still use MT (ver. 2.64 even) to run my entire weblog, but since MT’s original pricing scheme announcement, I have to say I played around with a lot of other platforms: WordPress, TextPattern, and ExpressionEngine to be exact.
MT used to have users who didn’t even question or try out other software because they were very satisfied with MT, but now, having tried out other software, I’m more wary continuing with MT and its services–not necessarily because I think MT is a horrible product in comparison to the others (on the contrary), but because now I see that others have the potential to offer more, better, or faster features and services than MT does.
A young company for sure so hopefully they are listening to the feedback so that they may not repeat the mistakes again.