There was some discussion regarding the Facetime and open sourcing it on HN a while back, I can't find the source this quickly, but it was mentioned that Apple

There was some discussion regarding the Facetime and open sourcing it on HN a while back, I can't find the source this quickly, but it was mentioned that Apple found itself on the barrel end of a lawsuit gun... and that because of that they have not improved Facetime much, nor innovated on it, or published any of the spec. --- Edit: Found this: http://www.joecieplinski.com/blog/2013/03/30/hey-apple-wheres-the-fire/ http://www.joecieplinski.com/blog/2013/03/30/hey-apple-where... http://www.imore.com/apple-fined-368-million-facetime-patent-case http://www.imore.com/apple-fined-368-million-facetime-patent... http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/virnetx-slaps-apple-with-another-facetime-lawsuit-1111506 http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/virnetx-slaps-ap...