Skype protocol cracked? | CNET News.com:
Chinese engineers claim that they've reverse engineered it. Could this spell licensing trouble for eBay?
By Marguerite Reardon
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: July 14, 2006, 12:39 PM PDT
Chinese engineers have allegedly cracked Skype's Internet telephony protocol, according to a Thursday blog posting.
If the blog posting is correct, software developers who currently don't have access to Skype's protocol could develop and sell Skype-compatible products and services without Skype's explicit OK. This could prove problematic for eBay, which has kept the protocol private since acquiring Skype last year.
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