Skype announced the availability of the Skype API for OSX.

Diatribe · Post by **Diatribe** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:19 pm

The_Tick wrote:
Diatribe wrote:
The_Tick wrote:
And is the license still incompatible with the gpl?
You mean Skype's license or the license for the APIs? Do APIs actually have a license?
The *other* api had one, and most api things do

Hmm, interesting thanks for the info. And you guys cannot link against code that isn't under gpl right?

Would it be possible as a plug-in perhaps?

Luhmann · Post by **Luhmann** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:58 pm

I'm confused. Are MSN, Yahoo, and AIM all GPL?

Whatever the case may be, from a user perspective I would love to have the ability to text chat with Skype users from Adium. This is because Adium is always open and running on my mac, but Skype isn't. This way someone could let me know they wish to start a Skype VOIP session using Chat without my having to have Skype running.

Post by **The_Tick** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:24 pm

I haven't even looked at it, but you guys are missing my question. My question was "is the license compatible" which was actually 2 questions hidden in one for brevity:

1) Do they have a license for it?

2) If they do, is it compatible with something we can use.

Adium is not limited to just GPL software, and that was not implied here.

Either way, this discussion has become pointless.