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how i am using movable type
by valette, age 23

i am using one installation of movable type for my blog here at rhapsodic.org, consisting of one user (me) and four weblogs: the main blog, a link log that is still in the developmental stages and currently not public, my dream journal, and today blog (that is rarely updated anymore).

i am using one installation of movable type for my photolog at squeegie.org with one author and one weblog.

if those two installations were able to count for two seperate licenses, then i would be able to use the free version of the recent developer version. if they do not count for two seperate licesnses, then the personal license would do nicely.

however, i am also using one installation of movable type non-commercially as a group memorial website for my family. that particular installation runs three weblogs: one for the main memories, one for the photos, and one for her poetry (which is pretty much static [the section, not her poetry]). there are currently 16 author accounts for 16 seperate people posting to the site. not all 16 authors are terribly active, and there are even a few who have not logged in in the past three months. but the author count is still growing as more of her friends become aware of the site.

this is the installation i would not be able to afford to upgrade.

counting them all together, that is a grand total of eight (8) weblogs and eighteen (18) authors.

18 May 2004 · 11:21:44

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Mena: “If free isn’t an issue for you and you’re willing to pay for a version of Movable Type…write a non-emotional post…I’m going to delete TrackBacks that are detracting or commentaries on Six Apart.”

Interpretation: “You’re going to pay up, buddy. If free *is* an issue for you, we don’t want to hear about it. And we’re tired of being criticized for springing this little surprise on our loyal users, so we’re going to censor anything ‘detracting’ even if the author makes a valid point.”

I’m genuinely glad they’re asking for feedback instead of just railroading the changes through. However, the attitude behind it all (combined with their continual lack of communication up to this point) doesn’t fill me with optimism.

Before I decided to write my own blogging software, I took a hard look at MT. If I had decided to use it, I would have created a second blog for Leydi and me to use jointly (my blog supports multiple authors). All I can say now is, I’m glad I didn’t get myself into this mess that you MT users have found yourselves in (though clearly through no fault of your own).

love, maker at 19may04, 13:45:49

it seems to me that she is addressing one group of people (like myself) who originally complained that they were willing to pay for the software, but the limits/pricing structure was too much.

they had taken some poll a few months ago (and i think i remember participating in it) asking how their users used the software. they used that information to create the licensing structure.

but this challenge is probably also to get users to see that their licenses arent as terrible as originally believed. laying everything out logically made me see that i would be able to use the free license on two of my sites… something i hadnt fully thought through before making my first comments.

love, Valette at 19may04, 13:52:15

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