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		colanderman on Sept 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: (Pidgin's) SSL support appears to have been writte... Why isn't libpurple, being a library, licensed under the LGPL, instead of the GPL? If it were, then there would be no problem linking with OpenSSL if I understand things correctly.

natrius on Sept 5, 2012 [–]

libpurple was not always separate from Pidgin (née Gaim). Relicensing is hard.

ioquatix on Sept 5, 2012 | [–]

"Relicensing GPL code is hard." FTFY.

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