Richard Ibbotson <[email protected]> writes:
> Some interesting news for people who spend a lot of time making long
> distance phone calls...
>
> http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Mysterous-Mail-Will-Skype-
> Become-Open-Source
> http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Skype-Plugin-for-Asterisk
>
> " Digium, makers of Asterisk telephony solutions, and VoIP provider Skype
> have announced a one-year development period for a Skype plugin to the free
> telephony service. The proprietary Asterisk plugin provides Skype users
> with not only SkypeIn and SkypeOut to friends worldwide but also in other
> PSTN and mobile networks. "
FWIW, my strong suspicion is that by "Open Source" they mean "like NVIDIA", in
that they will release a binary blob along with enough open glue to talk to it
from reasonably arbitrary applications.
Unless things have changed that was exactly the form of the Asterisk plugin,
and would allow Skype to integrate without losing control of their vigorously
protected IP and network.
OTOH, the spat between the owners of different layers of the protocol, plus
the inability to sell Skype, might actually push eBay to open it up and screw
the people who screwed them...
Daniel
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