Net-OICQ

This module implements OICQ protocol, used by the instant messaging service
operated by Tencent Technology Limited, China.

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

    perl Build.PL
    ./Build
    ./Build test
    ./Build install

To install the console-only client type the following from the source directory:

   cp q /usr/local/bin/qq
   chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/qq

You can name the client file to whatever you like.

NOTE

If you have installed version 0.7 or earlier version of Net::OICQ, please
uninstall the old version by running the following commands as root:

   find /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl -name OICQ -exec rm -r \{\} \;

or

   find /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl -name OICQ -exec rm -r \{\} \;


DEPENDENCIES

This module requires Digest::MD5 perl module, which can be downloaded from CPAN
if it is not already installed on your system.

Net::OICQ also requires Crypt::OICQ, which used to be part of Net::OICQ and is
a separate module since Version 0.8 of Net::OICQ.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

FreeOICQ developers reverse-engineered Tencent's Win32 client code and
published their source codes on the Internet.  I would never be able to write
Net::OICQ without access to FreeOICQ source codes.

Chen Peng reverse-engineered the assembly codes created by FreeOICQ and kindly
made available his C source codes for the cipher used in OICQ.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (c) 2003 - 2007 Shufeng Tan.  All rights reserved.

This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express
or implied warranty.  It may be used, redistributed and/or modified
under the terms of the Perl Artistic License (see
http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)