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

[James Sharp]

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.

On Oct 18, 2004, at 12:04 PM, Brandon Patterson wrote:

> Legal issues? We are talking about the people who brought
> us what service?  If this "bridge" were to be built it would be
> great.
>
>
>> Sounds rather interesting!
>>
>> But, aren't there some legal issues around doing this kind of thing? I
>> remember a few months ago going over this, but it looked like it 
>> could be
> a
>> problem if a company tried to really use it (say, by competing with
> SkypeOut
>> service to terminate to the PSTN).
>>
>> I'd sure be interested in it though. Although the CPU hit would 
>> probably
> not
>> be that nice, it'll be cool to have encrypted calls...
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com
>> [mailto:asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Fernando 
>> Romo
>> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 9:23 AM
>> To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
>> Subject: [Asterisk-Dev] A crazy idea... Skype channel in Asterisk
>>
>> Dear Developers:
>>
>> I found skype and take a few moments to think in create a channel
>> capable to talk the skype protocol. The purpose of this is crate a 
>> point
>> if contact with the millions of skype users. For example, if we 
>> create a
>> skype username called "mycompany" (for example) and when any skype 
>> user
>> call to "mycompany", asterisk take control of the call, atend the call
>> in a IVR and send to Voicemail if the user are unavailable.
>>
>> It sounds crazy, but i star to reseach how skype works and how to 
>> create
>> a control channel for this.
>>
>> Any ideas are welcome.
>>
>> Best regards.......... Fernando Romo
>>                                pop at cofradia.org
>>
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