It seems that MT has taken very seriously the fury that these license changes generated. Here is a followup which many MT users may find illuminating.

My biggest concern is the 3 weblog and 1 author limitation on the free version. I use three weblogs to generate this site (blog, blogroll, booklist) and have several other projects on the back burner (quotes, mini-blog) which would use additional blog definitions in MT. Here is a wonderful clarification on the MT3 license which allows me to breathe a big sigh of relief:

What is a "weblog" defined as? What if I have multiple "Weblogs" in Movable Type all used to create 1 site?

The question of what a "weblog" is is somewhat muddy, but the basic answer to the first question is that, if you're using multiple "Weblogs" in Movable Type in order to build 1 site, that only counts as 1 weblog towards the license limits.

In our licenses, we now address this with this language: "Weblog" means 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.

To be clear, sub-weblogs that make up weblog sites shouldn't be counted toward your weblog total.

This solves half of my problem. The other half is the multiple author business. Although some of my readers might not consider The Jack (who posts maybe 6 times a year) an author, I do. The free version is limited to one author.

My options are:

1. Stick with MT 2.661
2. Wait for MT 3.0 to Change This License
3. Pay for MT 3.0
4. Move to WordPress

No idea which route will be taken at this point. If I stay with MT and use the free version, I will definitely make a donation which I feel is in accordance with my usage.

One question for you WordPress people out there...I know how Google works when it indexes a site with static pages. How does it work with a WordPress site where content is generated on demand?