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Licensing Dispute Threatens Future of Skype

Posted by timothy on from the it-puts-the-lotion-on-the-remote-kill-switch dept.

tomlins writes "eBay is faced with the prospect of having to close down the hugely popular VoIP app Skype due to its reliance on proprietary code still owned by Skype's original founders, who are threatening to pull the plug on the licensing agreement they have with eBay."

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  1. Dupe? Oh, no, different company... by argent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't we just have this a few years ago... oh no, that was SCO forgetting to actually buy UNIX from Novell. I wonder how many other companies will turn out not to own the software they think they own?

  2. Re:Wait a minute... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft, who are doing hardware (and xbox) even if their core business is in Operating Systems.

    I thought Microsoft was trying to get out of the Operating System business because they couldn't compete with Windows XP.