Skype plugin development

[Eion Robb]

Yep, I've been making a Skype plugin for several weeks too.  I've
currently got mine working on Pidgin on Windows and Linux, and just today,
Adium on OS X.

My source code and screenshots are available at
http://tinyurl.com/2by8rw

There were concerns on the forum from other developers who wern't sure
about the legal aspects of interoperating with the Skype API, since the
Skype API EULA seems to be restrictive.  I had hoped to hear back some
more legal opinions.  However, my legal opinion is that because there is
no non-free libraries that it's GPL compliant.  The OS X version I'm not
so sure about, since the Skype.Framework that is offered for use by Skype
isn't open.

Thanks for the link to your code.  It would be good to collaborate and
come up with a good plugin.  Maybe one that would get included into
libpurple some day ;)

Cheers,
--Eion

> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:57:19 +0200
> From: Willem van Engen <dev-pidgin at willem.engen.nl>
> Subject: Skype plugin development
> To: devel at pidgin.im
> Message-ID: <1192489039.25876.15.camel at danny>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been developing a plugin for Skype using the Skype API in my
> spare
> time during the past weeks. The project is already in a usable
> state, so
> it's probabely a good idea to share something. Please find it at
>
>   http://willem.engen.nl/projects/libpurple-skypeapi/
>
> When I started I did look around to see if anyone else was working
> on
> it, and found none. Today I came across some messages from Eion
> Robb
> sent in September about exactly the same thing. Maybe it's a good
> idea
> to collaborate, it would be a waste to duplicate effort.
>
> Cheers,
> - Willem van Engen