Just to clear all this up:
I am a member at the DeadAIM forums, and am there all the time…

So…AOL and DeadAIM have some sort of parnership. Basically, If Jim (the DeadAIM programmer) wroks for AOL, he can keep his program.

You can see Jims handy work in the AIM Notifications that came out in AIM 5.5.X versions.

Jim also gets an AIM sorce code, and thats why DeadAIM works so well with AIM. Another perk of working for AOL.

Hope that clears it up.