Les provides some good advice on the MT3 furor: let’s all take a deep breath, swallow a Chill Pill, and see what SixApart has to say. Eventually.
There are some indications that the licensing schema put out is only preliminary, for the “Developer’s Edition.” That still sounds goofy (since the DE looks like it’s a gamma release), but we’ll see.
6A has been (justly, and ironically) criticized in the past for being communication-averse. This may be part of that, and the kind of brouhaha from yesterday may make them even slower to respond, for fear of stepping on themselves again.
There’s a PC World article that talks more about the new release (though not the brouhaha).
I’m hoping either that there’s been some significant miscommunication from 6A, or the angry response will get them to reconsider their plans. In either case, quick response from 6A is critical — controversy (like nature) abhors a vacuum, and lack of communciation only lets rumors and vitriol become set as the “real” story in people’s minds (a situation I see in way too many other cases).
UPDATE: On the other hand, this isn’t promising.