However , on April 6 2007 , the project development team announced the results of their talks with AOL . This included some name changes : gaim became Pidgin , libgaim became libpurple , and gaim-text became finch . On April 6 , 2007 , the project development team announced the results of their settlement with AOL , which included a series of name changes : Gaim became Pidgin , libgaim became libpurple , and gaim-text became finch .