UPDATE: Skype Portable has been released!
Over on the Request Apps Forum, a question quickly led to a discussion about crafting a Portable version of Skype. Being careful to not modify things to the point of violating the user agreement, why don't we try to iron out a solution on this forum?
First of all, keep in mind that there is now both the stable Skype 1.4 as well as the new Skype 2.0 Beta.
Now, here are a few relevant posts to start from:
2005-12-13:
https://portableapps.com/node/200#comment-307
2005-11-26:
http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=40663
2005-11-18:
http://share.skype.com/directory/skype_on_usb_stick_?l69/view/
2005-04-17:
http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=24480
So, does anybody have a surefire method to make Sykpe portable?