skype and gaim? why arn't they combined

[yotama9]

hello.

It realy puzzle me that there is no app like gaim that can also access the skype network.

what so diffrent about skype that make it inaccesable?

[lmilano]

Think Kopete (I haven't used this feature myself)
http://extragear.kde.org/apps/kopete skype/.

They use the (free as in beer) interface for programmers, or API provided by Skype* (which is much more than msn or yahoo do):
https://developer.skype.com/

Enjoy
8)

[mchuskie]

The next major release after this one of Gaim (that is, 3.0) should have support for Skype/webcams etc. There was talk that gaim-vv (the webcam and sound-compatible fork of Gaim) would be included in 2.0 but alas, it was not.