It is official, Movable Type is open source. You can get all of the details here.
Richard MacManus posted this on ReadWriteWeb:
Importantly, it also means that Six Apart has finally removed the one major advantage that Wordpress has had over Movable Type - that it is open source.
Open sourcing MovableType doesn’t even come close to removing the major advantage Wordpress has over MovableType. You could always get MovableType for free, and aside from plugins and themes very few Wordpress users actually do anything with the source.
MovableType is an archaic architecture and is too difficult to get up and running. Wordpress may not be the prettiest code, but it sure is easy to install.
