Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 19:54 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
We waited a little while with this news, because we wanted official confirmation from Skype before jumping on the internet bandwagon. It's official now, so here we go: Skype has announced that it will release its Linux client as open source. A little late, but welcome nonetheless.
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RE[4]: Skype Encryption Stum - encryption
by malu on Wed 4th Nov 2009 22:15
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RE[5]: Skype Encryption Stum - yup, read that later
by jabbotts on Thu 5th Nov 2009 13:49
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With the source free, the encryption is very likely to close any backdoors or bugs and adjust quickly to future changes in cryptology.