The summary says it all. licq 1.2.0 and 1.2.3 ebuilds compile licq with SSL support, even though the USE flags set in /etc/make.conf have '-ssl'.
I've fixed a typo that apparently caused this in licq-1.2.4-r1 ebuild. Please check that it works properly now.
licq-1.2.4-r1 with USE=-ssl doesn't link here against libssl.
also fixed in 1.2.4-r2. if you still have this problem, please reopen this bug.