Licq's ebuild has a "need kde 3" flag. This is highly incorrect. Licq runs just fine WITHOUTH KDE. Optionally it's graphical interface may be compiled with kde support, but this is just an option. Making licq need KDE is like making xchat need Gnome. Total nonsense.
This is normal, and doesn't require KDE by default if the user doesn't select it. Discovery:/usr/portage/net-im/licq # USE="-kde" emerge licq -epv | grep kde [ebuild N ] net-im/licq-1.2.7 +ssl -socks5 +qt -kde +ncurses As you can see this doesn't affect licq's requirement of KDE. The 'need kde' line is there in case the kde USE flag is used.