Pidgin - Gaim 的新名字

大名鼎鼎的开源即时通讯软件 Gaim 在复活节换了新名字 Pidgin,同时启用了新官方网站 http://www.pidgin.im。至于新名字的含义,看看这里吧,我一直没找到好代理,看不到了。
Gaim 是一款 Python 开发的开源多协议即时聊天工具。它的优点很多,开源、跨平台、同时支持多帐号多协议登录、占用系统资源小等等。我这里就不多罗嗦了,想进一步了解可以去小众软件看看。
对于任何产品,尤其是已经被广泛接受、口碑较好的产品来说,改名字绝对不是好事。对于软件也是一样的,但这次 GAIM 可以说是彻底的改了改,从软件的名字,官网的域名,甚至连 SourceForge.net 上的项目都一并改掉了。具体原因官方没有详细解释,只是表明和 AOL 有关(AOL 有一款广为流传的 IM 名为 AIM),估计又是牵扯到了什么法律问题。
从 Pidgin 官网上的文章,虽然作者表达的比较含蓄,但我总感觉有点无奈的感觉。开源作者们真是很辛苦啊。
原文链接**:花儿开了 - Pidgin - Gaim 的新名字
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我一看到这个了,不过好像还没有新版本的下载
“A pidgin, or contact language, is the name given to any language created, usually spontaneously, out of two or more languages as a means of communication between speakers of different tongues, and usually a simplified form of one of the languages. Pidgins have simplified grammars and few synonyms, serving as auxiliary contact languages. They are learned as second languages rather than natively.” Quoted from wikipedia
A pidgin, or contact language, is the name given to any language created, usually spontaneously, out of two or more languages as a means of communication between speakers of different tongues, and usually a simplified form of one of the languages. Pidgins have simplified grammars and few synonyms, serving as auxiliary contact languages. They are learned as second languages rather than natively.
我已经转到KDE下kopete了,有时候受不了Gaim的粗糙~