<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
weblog	O
publishing	O
system	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
is	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
June	O
2007	O
to	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
ran	O
the	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
Open	O
Source	O
Project	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
's	O
features	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
host	O
multiple	O
weblogs	O
and	O
standalone	O
content	O
pages	O
,	O
manage	O
files	O
,	O
user	O
roles	O
,	O
templates	O
,	O
tags	O
,	O
categories	O
,	O
and	O
trackback	B-Application
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
optionally	O
supports	O
Lightweight	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
Access	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
)	O
for	O
user	O
and	O
group	O
management	O
and	O
automatic	O
blog	O
provisioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
is	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
and	O
supports	O
storage	O
of	O
the	O
weblog	O
's	O
content	O
and	O
associated	O
data	O
within	O
MySQL	B-Application
natively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PostgreSQL	B-Application
and	O
SQLite	B-Language
support	O
was	O
available	O
prior	O
to	O
version	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
used	O
via	O
plug-ins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
Enterprise	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
2.6	O
was	O
released	O
February	O
13	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TrackBack	B-Application
feature	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
version	O
2.2	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
adopted	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
blog	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
3.0	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
marked	O
changes	O
in	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
's	O
licensing	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
placing	O
greater	O
restrictions	O
on	O
its	O
use	O
without	O
paying	O
a	O
licensing	O
fee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
sparked	O
criticism	O
from	O
some	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
moving	O
to	O
the	O
then-new	O
open-source	B-Application
blogging	O
tool	O
WordPress	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
3.2	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
unlimited	O
number	O
of	O
weblogs	O
at	O
all	O
licensing	O
levels	O
was	O
restored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
3.3	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
once	O
again	O
became	O
completely	O
free	O
for	O
personal	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
released	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
4	O
on	O
June	O
5	O
,	O
2007	O
and	O
re-launched	O
movabletype.org	O
as	O
a	O
community	O
site	O
,	O
for	O
purposes	O
of	O
developing	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
version	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
4	O
's	O
Enterprise	O
version	O
provides	O
advanced	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
management	O
,	O
and	O
enterprise	O
database	O
integration	O
such	O
as	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
user	O
roles	O
,	O
blog	O
cloning	O
,	O
and	O
automated	O
blog	O
provisioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Open	O
Source	O
and	O
Pro	O
versions	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
several	O
bug-fix	O
and	O
security	O
updates	O
appearing	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
Enterprise	O
remains	O
based	O
on	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
6	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2013	O
;	O
this	O
release	O
included	O
the	O
termination	O
(	O
once	O
again	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
licensing	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
is	O
now	O
available	O
in	O
"	O
Professional	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Enterprise	O
"	O
closed	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Melody	O
was	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
distribution	O
,	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
was	O
being	O
guided	O
by	O
a	O
non-profit	O
group	O
consisting	O
of	O
current	O
and	O
former	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
employees	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
consultants	O
and	O
volunteers	O
,	O
but	O
development	O
appeared	O
to	O
cease	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
various	O
times	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
also	O
maintained	O
three	O
other	O
weblog	O
publishing	O
systems	O
—	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
,	O
Vox	O
,	O
and	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
system	O
which	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
own	O
web	O
server	O
,	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
,	O
Vox	O
,	O
and	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
were	O
all	O
hosted	O
weblog	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
purchased	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
was	O
sold	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
before	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
web	O
advertising	O
firm	O
VideoEgg	O
to	O
form	O
SAY	O
Media	O
in	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
the	O
Vox	O
service	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
that	O
month	O
,	O
leaving	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
and	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
as	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
only	O
blogging	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
SAY	O
Media	O
announced	O
that	O
Infocom	O
,	O
a	O
Japanese	O
IT	O
company	O
,	O
had	O
acquired	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
Japan	O
and	O
that	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
transaction	O
,	O
Infocom	O
would	O
assume	O
responsibility	O
for	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
