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> It's inevitable people will reverse engineer the client, as was done with MSN, Y! Messenger, and AOL. I hope you're right, but to my knowledge, this has neve
by graue 13y ago
> It's inevitable people will reverse engineer the client, as was done with MSN, Y! Messenger, and AOL.
I hope you're right, but to my knowledge, this has never been done with Skype, and to this day you can only call a Skype-using friend/colleague if you use the official, closed-source Skype client. So let's not be sanguine.
- fryguy 13y agoor the closed-source plugin with an API (skypekit.exe)
- lsaferite 13y agoI was so hopeful they would release that at a library so all the open-source IM clients could link to it and get Skype integration. They indicated, years ago, that it was going to be released, but as far as I know, you can still only get it via a developer account.
- josteink 13y agoI hope you're right, but to my knowledge, this has never been done with Skype It was done, but Skype has a rule about this which they apply quickly: Press the cease and desist button. I've been using IM clients with support for skype, only to see it get dropped. Which makes it doubleplus sad that MSN (which was fairly interoptable) got ditched for Skype and not the other way around. The only "supported" way for third party IM clients to access Skype's network without risk of lawsuits is piggybacking on its COM API and have the user download and log into the official client, and have that handle all the actual communication. You probably think "He's gotta be kidding", but sadly I'm not. TLDR: Skype does not only not care for or provide an open-source implementation, but they are actively fighting it.