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Copyright � 2001-2017 by Privoxy Developers <privoxy-devel@lists.privoxy.org>
Some source code is based on code Copyright � 1997 by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under - the GNU General Public License.
-Portions of this document are "borrowed" from the original Junkbuster (tm) FAQ, and modified as appropriate for Privoxy.
-Privoxy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the - terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by the Free Software - Foundation.
-Privoxy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY - WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - license for details.
-A long time ago, there was the Internet Junkbuster, by Anonymous Coders and - Junkbusters Corporation. This saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of web advertising and user - tracking.
-But the web, its protocols and standards, and with it, the techniques for forcing ads on users, give up - autonomy over their browsing, and for tracking them, keeps evolving. Unfortunately, the Internet Junkbuster 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 GPL, which allowed further development - by others.
-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, flexible per-site configuration, or content modification. The last release from this effort - was version 2.0.2-10, published in 2000.
-Then, some developers - picked up the thread, and started turning the software inside out, upside down, and then reassembled it, adding - many new features - along the way.
-The result of this is Privoxy, whose first stable version, 3.0, was released - August, 2002.
-As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website (http://www.junkbusters.com/) has been shut down, but Privoxy - is still actively maintained.
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Copyright © 2001-2017 by Privoxy Developers <privoxy-devel@lists.privoxy.org>
Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous Coders + and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the GNU General Public + License.
Portions of this document are "borrowed" from the original + Junkbuster (tm) FAQ, and modified as + appropriate for Privoxy. +
Privoxy is free software; you can + redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the + GNU General Public License, version 2, + as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Privoxy is distributed in the hope that + it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied + warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + See the license for details.
A long time ago, there was the Internet Junkbuster, + by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters Corporation. This saved many users a lot of + pain in the early days of web advertising and user tracking.
But the web, its protocols and standards, and with it, the techniques for + forcing ads on users, give up autonomy over their browsing, and + for tracking them, keeps evolving. Unfortunately, the Internet + Junkbuster 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 + GPL, + which allowed further development by others.
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, + flexible per-site configuration, or content modification. The last release + from this effort was version 2.0.2-10, published in 2000.
Then, some + developers + picked up the thread, and started turning the software inside out, upside down, + and then reassembled it, adding many + new + features along the way.
The result of this is Privoxy, whose first + stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002. +
As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website (http://www.junkbusters.com/) + has been shut down, but Privoxy is still actively maintained.