skype 0.5.1rc1-1

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Proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) client

Skype (pronounced to rhyme with "type") is a proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) network founded by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstr?nd Janus Friis, also founders of the file sharing application Kazaa. It competes against existing open VoIP protocols such as SIP, IAX, and H.323. The Skype Group, acquired by eBay in October 2005, is headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in London and Tallinn. It has experienced rapid growth in both popular usage and software development since launch, both of its free and its paid services.

The Skype communications system is notable for its broad range of features, including free voice and video conferencing, and its ability to use peer to peer (decentralized) technology to overcome common firewall and NAT problems.

The use of end-user bandwidth in the form of supernodes, the use of closed source software in general and the use of closed source software for encryption of network traffic in particular, have caused concern. Independent analyses of the software has addressed the latter to some degree.

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