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This reminds me of the days Gaim (now Pidgin) was playing catch-up with the Yahoo messenger protocol changes. I used to have entire days/weeks offline from IM b
by Nux 13y ago
This reminds me of the days Gaim (now Pidgin) was playing catch-up with the Yahoo messenger protocol changes. I used to have entire days/weeks offline from IM because of these changes.
Fast-fwd 7-8 years, the same story, just different players. What's funnier is that WhatsApp actually uses modified XMPP software/protocol which should be open and free..
We get what we deserve.
- madhuprasanna 13y agoLooks like we have come far away from standard federated XMPP. This is really depressing.
- pearjuice 13y ago>should be open free What are the license specifications of XMPP?
- fsckin 13y agoThe protocol is an open standard, similar to HTTP. There's no license to speak of. There's many implementations of the standard, and those can have any license the developer wants, including making changes which break other clients.