DONE DEAL: eBay Settles Skype Lawsuit, Founders Return

Courtesy Mashable!  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:15

After a saga that simply defied explanation, the eBay/Skype lawsuit has finally been settled.

The founders of Skype have returned to their creation.

A recap of the story: eBay bought Skype for $2.6 billion back in 2005.

Skype’s founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, got off with a nice sum, but haven’t been satisfied with eBay’s handling of their baby.

At the same time, eBay also neglected to buy a key piece of P2P technology that powers...

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