In Computing, Licq is a free software clone of the official ICQ client that runs on Linux and on other Unix systems. Licq has many of the features of the official client, and has the advantage of having no built-in ads, unlike AOL s client. In addition, it is possible to encrypt messages using SSL when talking to contacts that also use Licq (or mICQ or Simple_Instant_Messenger, but Licq doesn t recognize their SSL capability by itself). It lacks, however, support for sending acknowledged messages.

Licq is licensed under the terms of the GPL. The default user interface uses Qt toolkit, though other interfaces, such as the console or the GTK ones, are available through the use of plugins.

=See also=

*List of instant messengers *Comparison of instant messengers

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