Hello

[Mark Doliner]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Phillip Akhzar <pakhzar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Someone I could speak with? I'm curious about the business and permissions it took.

Pidgin is open source software developed by many volunteers over the
course of 15 years. Some of us operate a 501(c)(3) non-profit related
to Instant Messaging, but that's tangental. It's inaccurate to refer
to Pidgin as a company.

Can I suggest reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software
and
http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/

Aside from that, asking questions on this mailing list is probably the
best place to get more information.