we are looking to launch a personal version of pidgen the IM.... Pidgin can be downloaded from http://www.pidgin.im/download/ we plan reskinning n some stuff like that... pm me if interested... u need to be good in C/C++ to apply.. send me a list of ur previous work while applying....
You realize that pidgin is on the GNU license. Basically, no matter what you do to pidgin, you must pass down the power they did to you. ie: Must be open source, and must allow others to modify in this way. I figured I'd (re)inform you what it means to modify a gnu licensed application.