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The GPL wins in Germany - again
The GPL wins in Germany - again
Posted May 9, 2008 7:40 UTC (Fri) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141)In reply to: The GPL wins in Germany - again by hingo
Parent article: The GPL wins in Germany - again
Skype, Pirate Bay... both come from Sweden.
I thought Skype was from Estonia. Wikipedia agrees.
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The GPL wins in Germany - again
Posted May 9, 2008 19:02 UTC (Fri) by dion (subscriber, #2764) [Link]
Well, the two guys behind Skype are Niklas Zennström, a swede and Janus Friis, a Dane. The main servers are located in Denmark.
The GPL wins in Germany - again
Posted May 9, 2008 19:08 UTC (Fri) by JoeF (subscriber, #4486) [Link]
And a large part of the software was written in Estonia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
"It was created by entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström, Janus Friis, and a team of software developers based in Tallinn, Estonia."