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Skype To Provide Open-Source Linux Client
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Hmmmm. Maybe some potential.
"little kernel"? I assume you mean firmware. One option for hardware makers has always been to move things the didn't want to open source from the driver into a ROM firmware. That way you can create open source drivers and still not disclose their IP. They just have to provide a cross-platform way of updating firmware.
According to Skype they're currently developing an "open source" UI, behnd closed doors....
http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2009/11/skype_open_source...
http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2009/11/skype_open_source...
Sander -
Yes, firmware would be a good example.
Yes, firmware would be a good example.
> Wish my creditors/utility companies/etc would buy into that.
Remember the prediction of electricity "too cheap to meter" from the 1950's? :(
Remember the prediction of electricity "too cheap to meter" from the 1950's? :(
Oh hey!
It's too cheap to meter, just not too cheap to charge for.
That's what we have for the Internet right now at least. You just pay for the connection. I wouldn't be too surprised if they start charging by the bit.
Quoting:I wouldn't be too surprised if they start charging by the bit.
They still do that in many countries. One of the reasons I bought Gentoo on CD instead of downloading: The DVD was $10, downloading the same stuff was about $47 or so.
"Skype open source? Ain't gonna happen"
Yeah, it's sad really. They don't even have the source to their own core technology.
Quoting:"Skype open source? Ain't gonna happen"Maybe, maybe not.
For an update on the reverse-engineering developments, see the LXer piece 'FOSS Hacker's Reverse-Engineering Has Skype Seething' found at http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/152208
As of this writing, the current discussion on whether the Skype open source efforts can succeed (or not) is in the 'FOSS Hacker's...' thread entitled 'I hate to say it, but...'
Unpossible.
So, here in the middle of 2011, why is there a story from 2009?
If Skype said they were doing an open source client in 2009, and it ain't here now, IT AIN'T HAPPENIN'!
If Skype said they were doing an open source client in 2009, and it ain't here now, IT AIN'T HAPPENIN'!
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Wish my creditors/utility companies/etc would buy into that.
There could be potential for a model whereby a little secret "kernel" is created with a well-defined and complete API that is made available to all developers and all platforms on a non-discriminatory basis. I would love, for example, to see such a thing for QAM decryption, so that free programs could display encrypted cable content. Maybe a little blue-ray mod.
Maybe stuff embedded in hardware, I don't know.