this is lil' tricky, coz they've only opened up the client software. the backend voip protocol they use (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_protocol) is still proprietary and is not interoperable with the standard voip protocol :(
so in a way, it's like skype just wants the community to help them develop UI for free without giving the community anything in return. :-/ not something to be excited about.. ~jwalanta On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Jitendra kumar <[email protected] > wrote: > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Akash Deep Shakya <[email protected]>wrote: > >> rysiek writes >> *"Seems like there might be a revolution in the works, as far as VoIP >> software for Linux is concerned. After mailing Skype support about Skype >> providing Mandriva RPM packages, Olivier >> Faurax<http://ofaurax.free.fr/blog/>got an answer which suggests that the >> Linux Skype client will >> be >> open-sourced<http://ofaurax.free.fr/blog/index.php5/2009-10-31-00h31-0100.xml>. >> After asking for verification of whether that was the case, the tech support >> answer claimed it is going to happen, and that it's supposed to happen 'in >> the nearest future.' Now, this probably only means the client (the >> underlying protocol will probably be handled by a binary-only library), but >> even if that's the case, it seems like there is still reason to celebrate." >> * > > > Definitely, it is a think worth celebrating! Hurray!!! > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
