why skype is not available on messengers like pidgin

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Published on 2011-02-11T12:25:35Z Indexed on 2011/02/11 15:27 UTC
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i really like pidgin, empathy etc. (especially pidgin) because they gather all accounts like xmpp, msn etc. together except skype. i know skype uses a proprietary protocol but so does msn and it is available on pidgin. is it that hard to "put" skype on pidgin or alike messengers? what is the reason that skype is not implemented in pidgin?

note: i know there is a plugin for pidgin to support skype but it requires the official skype client to be installed and running. pretty useless.

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