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pidgin - A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client

Website: http://pidgin.im/
License: GPLv2+ and GPLv2 and MIT
Vendor: Scientific Linux CERN, http://cern.ch/linux
Description:
Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging
protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu,
ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and
Zephyr.  These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to
use design.  To use a protocol, just add an account using the
account editor.

Pidgin supports many common features of other clients, as well as many
unique features, such as perl scripting, TCL scripting and C plugins.

Pidgin is not affiliated with or endorsed by America Online, Inc.,
Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo! Inc., or ICQ Inc.

Packages

pidgin-2.7.9-3.el6.2.i686 [1.4 MiB] Changelog by Matthew Barnes (2011-12-12):
- Add patch for CVE-2011-4602 (RH bug #766452).

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