Movable Type Opensource Project: Six Apart将在今年第三季度推出MT开源项目的正式版本，基于GPL

qlq · Jun 13, 2007

http://www.movabletype.org/opensource/

Welcome to MTOS: the Movable Type Open Source Project
The Movable Type Open Source Project was announced in conjunction with the launch of the Movable Type 4 Beta on June 5th, 2007. The MTOS Project is a community and Six Apart driven project that will produce an open souce version of the Movable Type Publishing Platform that will form the core of all other Movable Type products.

Join the MTOS Community
Join the MTOS developer community now by subscribing to the mtos-dev mailing list. Parties interested on in receiving news and announcements regarding the project can choose to join the mtos-announce mailing list.

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What is the Movable Type Open Source project?
Movable Type Open Source, or MTOS, is the open source project that will consist of a GPL-licensed version of Movable Type 4.0, to be released in Q3 2007, and resources for the already large community of Movable Type developers, hosted at www.movabletype.org/opensource.

Why an open source option?
It's simple: our customers and our community have asked for an open source version of Movable Type. Many customers and developers in the Movable Type community were looking for a version of Movable Type that they were free to modify for their own needs. Additionally, there are community members who are looking to bundle an open source distribution of Movable Type with other open source products. We have been considering this option for some time but decided to base MTOS on the MT4 line, which is why this announcement coincides with MT4.

Why now?
We felt the perfect time was with the introduction of Movable Type 4, which is the culmination of more person years of development than any other release of Movable Type as well as the future of the Movable Type platform.

Are you abandoning the commercial version of Movable Type?
Absolutely not. In fact, we've never been more committed to the commercial success of Movable Type, nor more excited about its prospects in the market. Movable Type is in use by more enterprises, media companies and educational institutions than any other installable blogging platform, and that success makes it easier than ever to offer developers, power bloggers, and personal users the open source product they've been asking for. With the release of Movable Type 4.0 we are demonstrating our commitment to the commercial version of the product with the biggest development investment we've made in any version in Movable Type's history.

How do I get the open source version of Movable Type?
The MTOS distribution will be available for download / checkout later this summer at www.movabletype.org.

Why is there a lag between the launch of the commercial and open source versions of Movable Type?
Before we released an open source version of Movable Type we wanted to engage with the community regarding its development and scope. Plus, we wanted to give ourselves enough time to build and release a high quality product and to incorporate all that we learned during the beta period into open source version. To learn more about the open source project, visit its website http://www.movabletype.org/opensource/.

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