[freenet-chat] Re: Skype cracked

[Jano]

Magnus Eriksson wrote:

> 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.

I read there that you can't patent a protocol without revealing it -- hence
you wouldn't need to reverse engineer it ;)