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.
Pada 6 April 2007, regu pengembangan projek ini mengajukan hasil kesepakatan mereka dengan AOL, yang melibatkan sederetan perubahan nama: Gaim menjadi Pidgin, libgaim menjadi libpurple, dnd gaim-text menjadi finch.