[Asterisk-Dev] A crazy idea... Skype channel in Asterisk

[Florian Overkamp]

Hi,


On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 18:12, James Sharp wrote:
> The Skype protocol is proprietary.  If you build chan_skype and they 
> get wind of it, you're looking at getting slapped with a DMCA 
> cease-and-desist order so fast it'll make your head spin.

Uhm, I'm not in the USA, but if I remember all this correctly, the DMCA
explicitly allows reverse engineering with the purpose to create an
original work in order to achieve interoperability. I think that would
pretty much allow it, unless patent-law is broken.

Then again, IANAL.

Florian