Hi David, On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:29:38 +0000 David Woolley <[email protected]> wrote:
> According to the BBC, Microsoft will shut down MSN Messenger in March > 2013, using Skype as the replacement. I guess there will be a lot of > lobbying for native Skype support in Pidgin from people who don't > understand the licensing and trade secrets issues. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20222998 > Two questions: 1. Would not it be possible to reverse-engineer the Skype protocol and interface with it? See for example: http://www.techspot.com/news/44093-skype-protocol-reverse-engineered-source-posted-online.html I'm not sure if Microsoft being recognised a monopoly can legally sue developers who try to interoperate with its software. 2. Doesn't it mean that support for Google Talk/XMPP Voice on Windows for Pidgin is now a higher priority? Or are there other FOSS clients for Windows that support it? Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Parody of "The Fountainhead" - http://shlom.in/towtf Larry Wall has more dollars in the bank than in his Perl code. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
