Re: intent to package: licq
Lalo Martins wrote:
>
> I have been using and talking to the writer of licq - a free ICQ
> clone. The code itself is GPL'd, but the current interface uses
> Qt, so it will go into contrib. There are plans to make it
> interface-independent (like mc) in the future.
>
> However, it uses the ICQ protocol (it actually acts as if it was
> ICQ) so I wonder if it is legal.
I don't know how good licq is, though I do know that there are plenty of
security holes in the ICQ protocol. I seen a little program that can
steal a user password (subject to a user is ICQ online). So, better to
have a different password than your linux's password.
Lawrence Chim
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