Now, that's much better. It clarifies some of the issues I had with the original license, and solves some problems I had. Though, in my opinion there's still room for improvement. Here's a few ideas.

I reckon clarifying what counts as a weblog ("a single Web site viewable at a single URL (Uniform Resource Locator), consisting of one or more weblogs as generated by the Software via the "Create New Weblog" function of the Software" - in other words, multiple sublogs to make a single weblog don't count towards the limit) and that only active weblogs and authors count towards the limit will help a lot of people feel better about this. I know I didn't want to have to pay extra for my test weblog, which only goes through sporadic layout changes and is otherwise dead meat, or any weblog I might decide to close down and just keep archived.

The idea of $10 addons is excellent. Another thing I was personally worried about was the jump in prices - if I had 5 weblogs and want to add a sixth, for instance, I'd have to spend an extra $50 to the $100 I was already spending. Adding just $10 is much more manageable.

I'd push the addon idea a bit further, though. Here's my suggestion:

• The Personal license should be not 5 weblogs and 5 authors, but 10 between weblogs and authors.
  
  What's the difference?
  
  Well, it'd let you trade in authors for weblogs.
  
  Let's say I have a single group weblog. I'm not using the other 4 weblogs and I have no plans to use them, but I could use 4 extra authors. So, 9 authors, one weblog.
  
  Then let's say I have several weblogs, one of which has three authors. I'm running out of weblogs though, and instead of those two extra authors I'm not using, I'd very much like to have two extra weblogs. So, two authors, 8 weblogs.
   
• Break the $10 addon down into two separate bits.
  
  Leave the $10 for one extra author and one extra weblog; add a $5 addon for an extra weblog, and a $5 addon for an extra author.

Otherwise, I like the new terms much better. I might even end up paying the full $100 for a personal license when I actually have the money to do so, especially if the amount of weblogs and authors in the license is made a bit more flexible, like I've detailed above.

In the meantime, I'm staying with my 2.6 version, since I can. And I like MT, I'm not changing to another blogging tool if I can help it :)

I personally think that those are both fabulous suggestions. You should contact 6A about it. I bet they would like them as well.

Why on earth would you even need 5 blogs, let alone add a 6th?

Because not all blogs look like blogs? ;)
I have three active weblogs on different subjects right now, plus a test one. I'll migrate the one that I still have left on Blogger that I haven't had time to migrate this summer. And possibly add another one to keep track of some stuff... we shall see.

But, what is Six Apart makes the license more restrictive again in an upcoming release MT Users that buy a license now could be left high and dry.

Just because Six Apart isn't changing the license on MT2.6 right now, doesn't mean they won't in the future. They could flat out revoke it, or make it more restrictive.

This whole fiasco demonstrates why Free, Open Source Software is so important.

Not because people shouldn't pay for software, but because people should be able to choose how they use software.

Again, this is great stuff, sailoreagle. I second Jay Allen's suggestion: recommend your ideas to Six Apart. Quick! :)