OK :-)

I did this on a 4.1/i386.

For other versions it would be similar however since we are going to

use the Skype Linux Binary we will need an x86 system. Linux emulation

is available only for x86 systems.
1) Enable Linux Emulation option in kernel
You will have a line
#kern.emul.linux=1               # enable running Linux binaries
in your "/etc/sysctl.conf" file. You need to uncomment it ( remove the

# in the begining ) and make it look like
kern.emul.linux=1               # enable running Linux binaries
 In the next step when you install the "fedora_base-4.0p2.tgz" pakage

it will automatically enable this option temporarily in the running

kernel but if the change has to last after a reboot you need to edit

this file :-)
2) Install "fedora_base-4.0p2.tgz" package.
#export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/packages/i386/

#pkg_add fedora_base-4.0p2.tgz
We do this to get most of the required Linux library files that the

Skype Linux Binary will need. Though their website says it is

statically linked we will soon find out that it is not the case :-(
At this point if you are more interested in details you can read
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=compat_linux&sektion=8

or

$man 8 compat_linux
3) Download the Skype Linux Binary.
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#cd /tmp

#ftp http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-static

Trying 204.9.163.136...

Requesting http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-static

Redirected to http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-1.4.0.99.tar.bz2

Trying 130.117.72.89...

Requesting http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-1.4.0.99.tar.bz2

  0% |                                                   |     0       --:-- ETA
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#pwd

/tmp

#bunzip2 skype_static-1.4.0.99.tar.bz2

#tar -xvf skype_static-1.4.0.99.tar

#mv skype_static-1.4.0.99 skype

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