Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
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Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
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Re: Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
#2Better start uploading this to torrents if its legit. Skype will issue takedowns any moment.
Re: Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
#3My aim is to make skype open source.
Isn't that decision up to the folks who own the rights to the original code?
Personally, I'd be hesitant to get into a project that has more need for lawyers than coders.
Re: Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
#4My aim is to make skype open source. Isn't that decision up to the folks who own the rights to the original code? Personally, I'd be hesitant to get into a project that has more need for lawyers than coders.
I think that claim would be better off if rephrased as "my aim is to make a skype compatible open source software"
Re: Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
#5My aim is to make skype open source. Isn't that decision up to the folks who own the rights to the original code? Personally, I'd be hesitant to get into a project that has more need for lawyers than coders.
I think that claim would be better off if rephrased as "my aim is to make a skype compatible open source software"
That still doesn't mitigate the need for lawyers. The protocol is still intellectual property, and reverse engineering it may not be without consequences.
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Re: Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
#7you just cost Microsoft $8.5 billion
Re: Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
#8It is looking like result of Hex-Rays decompiler.
Re: Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that claim would be better off if rephrased as "my aim is to make a skype compatible open source software"
That still doesn't mitigate the need for lawyers. The protocol is still intellectual property, and reverse engineering it may not be without consequences.
"intellectual property"
That's a really muddy term. How exactly can you protect a protocol? Trade secret? Patents?
Copyright shouldn't apply if it's a reimplementation.
Edit: s/since/if/
Re: Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that claim would be better off if rephrased as "my aim is to make a skype compatible open source software"
That still doesn't mitigate the need for lawyers. The protocol is still intellectual property, and reverse engineering it may not be without consequences.
I don't believe it's possible to secure any sort of intellectual-property protection for a mere protocol. The usual way of protecting them, though, is to patent some essential feature needed to implement the protocol, which may or may not be the case here.