eBay reports in an SEC filing that Skype is embroiled in a software licensing lawsuit with Joltid, forcing eBay to write its own VOIP software in case Skype loses. While some wonder if the dispute will impede eBay’s planned IPO for Skype, others see Skype’s troubles as a chance for Google Voice to grow.
– Skype continues to be one of the biggest headaches for a parent company.
In a legal dispute that may delay eBay’s plans to spin off its Skype Web calling
service and is certainly forcing eBay to write its own software, Skype and
startup Joltid are suing each over a dispute about software source …