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Legal troubles

Posted Nov 3, 2009 17:11 UTC (Tue) by erwbgy (subscriber, #4104)
Parent article: Open source Skype client under development

It looks like EBay is having some legal troubles with its sale of Skype. The former owners are apparently suing over source code being shown to potential investors.

If this doesn't get resolved then Skype may have to switch to a different underlying technology. Let's hope it is SIP-based, but don't hold your breath.

If it does go ahead it will be interesting to see if the new owners will be more open to Skype being used from other clients and on other platforms.


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