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<DIV><FONT size=2>some logical I don't understand.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>why is it need reverse engineering if Skype had an open source
community until today ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 03, 2011 9:54 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Freeswitch-users] skype
reverse engineered</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><A
href="http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/intellectual-property/2011/06/03/skype-denounces-nefarious-reverse-engineering-40092982/">http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/intellectual-property/2011/06/03/skype-denounces-nefarious-reverse-engineering-40092982/</A><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:58 PM, mazilo <SPAN
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<DIV class=im><BR>Steven Ayre wrote:<BR>> On the more optimistic note I
have seen a good argument that there are<BR>> enough hardware Skype
phones with Skype that they can't easily block older<BR>> versions
without breaking a lot of devices.<BR></DIV>If Skype decides to block older
version of software, then all it needs is to<BR>furnish Skype Phone hardware
manufacturers with a new code to come up with a<BR>new firmware to support
new Skype version. Then, hackers will start to<BR>reversed engineer on the
new version. And, the cat/mouse chase begins.<BR><BR>OTOH, it looks like the
source was released to<BR><A
href="https://github.com/skypeopensource/skypeopensource/downloads"
target=_blank>https://github.com/skypeopensource/skypeopensource/downloads</A>
GitHUB on<BR>6/2/11. let's see how fast it will become a Linux
compilable<BR>package/plugin/module. I won't be surprised to see a
working<BR>mod_skype_re(versed engineered) soon if Anthony and/or FS
developers will<BR>decide to port the source into an FS
module.<BR><BR>-----<BR>FreeSWITCH hosted on a Seagate DockStar with OpenWRT
and ONLY consumes 3 Watts of electricity.<BR><FONT color=#888888>--<BR>View
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