Alleged GPL Violation Spurs Accusations, Lawsuit

lisah writes "Linux.com is reporting that Alexander Maryanovsky, the developer of Jin (a Java-based chess client), has filed a lawsuit alleging that International Chess University has violated several aspects of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Maryanovsky claims that the online chess training website and its CEO, Alexander Rabinovitch, are in violation of both his copyright and the GPL by distributing software that is based on Jin. According to the report, though Rabinovitch is dismissing most of the claims leveled against him, he has apparently left his native Israel for Canada and declines to give his exact whereabouts." Newsforge and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.

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Re:Why?

[budgenator]

The bottom line is Alexander Maryanovsky is a whine brat and Alexander Rabinovitch is a coniving asshole and it sounds like both need to be bitch slap and stood in the corner for an hour. If Rabinovitch paid the license fee, and got a contract he could have did it the way he's doing it anyways; or he could have kept the money and distributed the program IAW the GPL; there is no middle ground. Looks like the whiney brat is right to me; and both of them have enough ego for 5 people.
What's up with the attitude that your so special that you should be able to take my code and not pay for it? How much it costs is outlined in the GPL, take it or leave it; nobody is twisting your arm.