One Man & His Blog

One last word on Movable Type (and Open Source)

Apr 11, 2015

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Anil Dash, 2007:

As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source.

Daiji Hirata, 2013

Starting with Movable Type 6, registration for the Movable Type Open Source (MTOS) license will end and a new license will be introduced.

Moral of the story? Software owned by a corporate entity is never truly open source.

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Adam Tinworth

Adam has been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 25. He currently works as a consultant and trainer, helping people do better, more engaged online journalism.

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