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If I am not mistaken it's not the first time Skype send a DMCA to this project. But given where the autor lives, the DMCA does not apply so it doesn't go anywhere.
Please note: this is not an attempt to clean-room reverse engineer Skype, or even to reverse engineer and create an open-source replacement. As shown with things like WINE, Microsoft does not (and probably cannot) take them down. No, that's not what "Skype Open Source" project is. This is a confusingly misnamed attempt to attach code to patched copies of copyrighted official Skype clients. Microsoft is not overreachi…
Please note: this is not an attempt to clean-room reverse engineer Skype, or even to reverse engineer and create an open-source replacement. As shown with things like WINE, Microsoft does not (and probably cannot) take them down. No, that's not what "Skype Open Source" project is. This is a confusingly misnamed attempt to attach code to patched copies of copyrighted official Skype clients. Microsoft is not overreachi…
How exactly is one supposed to make a clean-room reverse engineering in the absence of any documentation and sophisticated obfuscation on Skype's part ?
http://recon.cx/en/f/vskype-part1.pdf http://recon.cx/en/f/vskype-part2.pdf
So much for Microsoft loving the open-source movement.
Apparently he had already been served with DCMA takedown requests. And talks about deofuscation. Doesn't sound like a cleanroom implementación.
This project was recently discussed on HN at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3899829
Please note: this is not an attempt to clean-room reverse engineer Skype, or even to reverse engineer and create an open-source replacement. As shown with things like WINE, Microsoft does not (and probably cannot) take them down. No, that's not what "Skype Open Source" project is. This is a confusingly misnamed attempt to attach code to patched copies of copyrighted official Skype clients. Microsoft is not overreachi…
How exactly is one supposed to make a clean-room reverse engineering in the absence of any documentation and sophisticated obfuscation on Skype's part ?