Back in 2005, eBay bought Skype from Joltid. The 2.6 billion dollar price tag did not include the "Global Index P2P software" that Skype is based on. Joltid is trying to cancel the license that Skype uses for this technology. If this happens, the Skype service will be shut down permanently.Skype is the largest internet telephony software worldwide - as well as the worlds largest international voice carrier. The 2.6 billion dollar sale did not include Joltid's core piece of P2P code called "Global Index". Global Index is the P2P protocol that Skype uses as it's core communication technology.
In a recent quarterly report, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the following was announced:
"Skype licenses peer-to-peer communication technology from Joltid Limited pursuant to a license agreement between the parties. The parties had been discussing a dispute over the license. In March 2009, Skype Technologies S.A. filed a claim in the English High Court of Justice (No. HC09C00756) against Joltid Limited. Following the filing of the claim, Joltid purported to terminate the license agreement between the parties.
Source: http://www.neowin.net
#####################################################"The internet auction company paid a total of $3.1bn for the telephone service between 2005 and 2007 and is now locked in a legal battle with the technology's owner, Joltid, a company owned by Skype's founders."
Source: gurdian.co.uk
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skype Scrambles to Swap Disputed Code
"A legal battle raging between eBay and Skype's founders over key software used by the Internet phone service could force Skype to devise an alternative"
Source: businessweek.com
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