Meebo use of libpurple

[Luke Schierer]

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On May 21, 2009, at 15:50 EDT, Kyle Stanek wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a licensing question.  Do you guys feel that Meebo's use of  
> libpurple is acceptable given the GPL status of the libpurple  
> codebase?  According to a post on the Meebo website, they feel that  
> they are not required to release their source code because they do  
> not directly distribute binaries to customers (since Meebo is a web  
> application).  The reason that I ask is because I am thinking about  
> starting a project using the libpurple codebase and I'm wondering  
> what the licensing restrictions would be.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kyle Stanek

Meebo's understanding of the restrictions the GPL places on developers  
is consistent with my own, and, I believe, the majority of libpurple  
developers past and present.

In using the libpurple code base, you will be obligated to make  
available the source code both of libpurple, and of anything that  
links against it in such a manner as to make a single product of the  
two binaries, to anyone to whom you distribute binaries.

Luke

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