Re: [foss-nepal] Re: Skype For Linux To Be Open-Sourced "In the Nearest Future"

[Jwalanta Shrestha]

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 <jitendra...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Akash Deep Shakya <akas...@gmail.com> 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 got an answer which suggests that the Linux Skype client will be open-sourced. 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!!!