[freenet-chat] Skype cracked

[Magnus Eriksson]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Matthew Toseland wrote:

> Surely it is patented, and therefore cannot be used in western
> countries...?

   There is one mention of patents in the voipwiki.com blog: "They reverse 
engineered a protocol that was not protected by patent".

   Whether that means "not at all" or "not in China" I don't know.  I don't 
recall seeing anyone of the posters at Slashdot clearly saying it was 
patented either.


MAgnus