Meebo use of libpurple

[Kyle Stanek]

Thank you very much for your prompt responses!

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Luke Schierer <lschiere at pidgin.im> wrote:

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