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+++ b/doc/source/history.sgml
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 <!--
- File        :  $Source: /cvsroot/ijbswa/current/doc/source/history.sgml,v $
+ File        :  doc/source/history.sgml
 
  Purpose     :  Entity included in other project documents.
-                
- $Id: history.sgml,v 2.5 2006/09/22 01:27:55 hal9 Exp $
 
-  Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Privoxy Developers http://privoxy.org
-  See LICENSE.
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Privoxy Developers https://www.privoxy.org/
+ See LICENSE.
 
  ======================================================================
   This file used for inclusion with other documents only.
  ======================================================================
 
- If you make changes to this file, please verify the finished 
+ If you make changes to this file, please verify the finished
  docs all display as intended.
 
  This file is included into:
@@ -25,30 +23,25 @@
 -->
 
 <para>
- A long time ago, there was the
- <ulink url="http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html"><application>Internet Junkbuster</application></ulink>, 
- by Anonymous Coders and <ulink url="http://www.junkbusters.com/">Junkbusters
- Corporation</ulink>. This saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of
- web advertising and user tracking.
+ A long time ago, there was the <application>Internet Junkbuster</application>,
+ by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters Corporation. This saved many users a lot of
+ pain in the early days of  web advertising and user tracking.
 </para>
 
 <para>
  But the web, its protocols and standards, and with it, the techniques for
- forcing  ads on users, give up autonomy over their browsing, and
+ forcing ads on users, give up autonomy over their browsing, and
  for tracking them, keeps evolving. Unfortunately, the <application>Internet
- Junkbuster</application> did not. Version 2.0.2, published in 1998, was 
- (and is) the last official
- <ulink url="http://www.junkbusters.com/ijbdist.html#release">release</ulink>
- available from <ulink url="http://www.junkbusters.com">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
+ Junkbuster</application> did not. Version 2.0.2, published in 1998, was
+ the last official release, available from Junkbusters Corporation.
  Fortunately, it had been released under the GNU
- <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html"> GPL</ulink>, which allowed further
- development by others.
+ <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GPL</ulink>,
+ which allowed further development by others.
 </para>
 
 <para>
- So Stefan Waldherr started maintaining an
- <ulink url="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/">improved version of the
- software</ulink>, to which eventually a number of people contributed patches.
+ So Stefan Waldherr started maintaining an improved version of the
+ software, to which eventually a number of people contributed patches.
  It could already replace banners with a transparent image, and had a first
  version of pop-up killing, but it was still very closely based on the
  original, with all its limitations, such as the lack of HTTP/1.1 support,
@@ -58,16 +51,20 @@
 
 <para>
  Then, some
- <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/copyright.html#AUTHORS">developers</ulink>
+ <ulink url="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/copyright.html#AUTHORS">developers</ulink>
  picked up the thread, and started turning the software inside out, upside down,
  and then reassembled it, adding many
- <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/introduction.html#FEATURES">new
+ <ulink url="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/introduction.html#FEATURES">new
  features</ulink> along the way.
 </para>
 
 <para>
  The result of this is <application>Privoxy</application>, whose first
- stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002. 
+ stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002.
  <!-- Cautious!!!!!!!!! ;) -->
 </para>
 
+<para>
+ As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website (http://www.junkbusters.com/)
+ has been shut down, but Privoxy is still actively maintained.
+</para>