$page->title = 'MSN Information'; require('template.inc.php'); <h1>MSN
Information
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Will
we
be
blocked?
</h1> <b>The
following
was
written
by
a
Gaim
developer,
Christian
Hammond,
who
is
responsible
for
much
of
Gaim's
MSN
code.
Christian
has
been
following
the
situation
closely,
and
below
is
his
summary
of
it.
However,
his
views
are
not
necessarily
the
views
of
all
the
Gaim
developers
and
should
not
be
taken
as
an
"official"
statement.
Rob
and
I
are
presently
looking
into
the
best
course
of
action
and
will
be
sure
to
keep
you
up
to
date.
We
both
remain
confident
(as
does
Christian)
that
Gaim
will
have
no
problems
connecting
to
MSN
Messenger
in
the
near
future.
<br/>--Sean
Egan,
23
August,
2003
</b> A
lot
of
people
have
been
asking
about
whether
MS's
latest
decisions
regarding
MSN
will
affect
us.
Here's
the
general
information
on
what
MS
has
decided
that
everyone
should
upgrade
to
MSN
version
5.0
or
higher.
MSN
v5
is
the
first
to
use
their
MSN
Protocol
v8,
which
is
the
first
to
use
SSL
for
login.
Now,
we
know
how
to
login
over
this.
This
is
not
hard,
and
we
will
be
supporting
MSNP9,
the
latest
version
of
the
protocol,
soon.
However,
upgrading
to
this
does
not
guarantee
us
anything.
Whereas
previously,
Microsoft
has
let
third
party
clients
connect,
they
now
require
a
license
for
doing
so.
They
still
encourage
clients
to
connect
to
their
network,
so
with
any
luck,
we
can
work
something
out.
If
not,
people
may
find
a
way
to
connect
anyway,
but
the
legalities
of
this
are
pretty
obvious.
Key
words:
"Intellectual
Property"
and
"DMCA."
We
cannot
give
a
yes
or
a
no
to
the
question,
"Will
Gaim
continue
to
work
after
October
15th?"
(Which,
btw,
is
the
day
that
third
party
clients
not
using
MSNP8
or
higher
will
be
unable
to
connect).
We
will
do
our
best,
but
if
it
comes
down
to
it,
we
will
drop
MSN
support.
If
you
have
a
lot
of
friends
on
MSN,
perhaps
it's
the
time
to
migrate
them.
Get
them
to
install
Gaim
;)
Then
they
can
continue
to
talk
to
their
MSN
friends,
but
move
to
Jabber
or
another
protocol.
