The latest blog non-response on this issue once again shows that Linden is flopping around as they chant the mantra of light use when they didn't follow the old policy themselves with regards to their own themed openspace sims. In fact, the stinging charges of hypocrisy and double standards were apparently hitting the mark, and yesterday they changed their openspace sims (e.g. Mos Ainsley) to full sims - bet they didn't pay the transfer fee, eh?
It's clear that the old policy as referenced in the KB was contravened the minute that Linden doubled the prim allotment from 1875 to 3750 and heavily marketed them to the point that Jack Linden was crowing about increased growth of the grid back in July (see link), and not a word about their alleged inappropriate use or how the grid resources were being overtaxed, etc.
http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/07/08/second-life-virtual-world-expands-35-in-q2/
Please don't insult our intelligence and do the right thing. Either provide a complete refund for those who purchased the OS's under false pretenses or grandfather the rate increase.