Skype goes open source

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Published Nov 03 2009 by PC Magazine UK

Skype goes open source

Skype has announced that it is developing an open-source version of its Linux client. 'This will be a part of a larger offering, but we can't tell you much about that right now,' said Skype developer Stanislav Karchebny (also known as Berkus), in a blog post..

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