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A licensing disagreement has put the future of Skype in doubt
July 31, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
eBay has announced that it may have to close down Skype because of a dispute over licensing with Joltid, the founders of the service. Skype was bought from creators Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom in 2005 for $2.6billion but - rather clumsily - this deal did not include eBay owning a major piece of the technology that powers the software. Ever since, eBay has been licensing the much-needed technology from Joltid but this agreement has recently been revoked by the Skype founders.
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A licensing disagreement has put the future of Skype in doubt
