IRC.app is a genericized verison of a superb, BSD-licensed IRC client for Mac,
the name of which (being the adjectival form of the word "text") I have
thoroughly redacted here to hide from search engines. The upstream product is
sold on the Mac App Store, and I don't want people searching for free ...
or how do I build ... to find this and risk cannibalizing sales of the
the 'real thing'. If you like what you find here, you are strongly encouraged
to buy it. You can find the upstream source for the here on Github as well,
and the code here has been forked from that, but I've uncoupled the fork from
the original for the same reason. The only real difference here is that it is
slightly easier to build as it does not require a code-signing identity, nor
nag warn you about not having one. The links to the support channel, etc. have also been removed.
There is a binary available here,
built against the 10.8 SDK.
It is not codesigned, so you'll need to pacify Gatekeeper.
Update: I've decided, for now, to code sign the binary myself, until I have time to cherry-pick
through the code upstream and figure out why, exactly, logging to file doesn't work when the binary is unsigned.
I haven't tested it on anything besides my own machine; and it doesn't mean this is official in any way;
no warranty expressed or implied, etc., etc. So please, instead, consider:
Requirements: Xcode installed and configured on a Mac running 10.8+.
Checkout the source, then type:
xcodebuild -scheme 'IRC (Standard Release)' -configuration Release -alltargets
The app will be in Build Results/Release.
Copy IRC.app to your Applications folder (or wherever).
None.
If you can't figure something out and want support, buy the original from the Mac App Store. You won't get any support here, and you certainly won't from the upstream developers. If you think you've found a bug and want to report it, you'll need to check out the code of the original project and see if the bug existed there too. If so, file it upstream; if the bug is peculiar to this neutered version, you can file one here or submit a pull request. Maybe I'll do something about it.
The code here is based on a checkout of the original project on 4 October 2013. I may update it from time to time, I may not.
The license below is identical to that of the upstream project, except (again, so that IRC.app does not appear in searches for the original) the name of the application has been omitted.
Copyright (c) 2008 - 2010 Satoshi Nakagawa All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2010 — 2013 Codeux Software & respective contributors. Please see Contributors.rtfd and Acknowledgements.rtfd
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
- Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
- Neither the name of the IRC Client & Codeux Software nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Note: The IRC Client uses the BSD license because it was the one in place when they forked the Limechat project. They obtained our copy of the original source code before it was converted to a GPL based license. The original license is as follows:
The New BSD License
Copyright (c) 2008 - 2010 Satoshi Nakagawa All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
- Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.