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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:steve@daviesfam.org">steve@daviesfam.org</a> wrote:
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Thomas Horsten wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:steve@daviesfam.org">steve@daviesfam.org</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">You are contravening the Skype terms and conditions of use by making any
attempt to reverse engineer. Its as closed as closed can be.
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<pre wrap="">Reverse engineering is fair use. At the very least, it is extremely hard
to win a lawsuit against someone for merely reverse engineering a
protocol.
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So it'll go to court, I presume. The terms and conditions you agreed to
when you installed Skype software included your agreement to those terms I
posted, amongst others.
Why bother with Skype when Digium and all the people on this list are
working to create real open protocols like IAX, and to support real open
protocols like SIP? Lets rather make an open soft client that's better
than Skype.
Adam - how can we persuade you to bring a community into developing
Firefly?
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You do realize that there is an open, community driven IAX client out
there, don't you? With about 5 different GUIs?<br>
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I already tried twisting Adam's arm a bit at astricon; Help make
iaxclient better, and Adam will join us :)<br>
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-SteveK<br>
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