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12. Privoxy - Copyright, License and History

Some source code is based on code Copyright ï¿½ 1997 by Anonymous Coders - and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the GNU - General Public License.

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 and included in the next section.

12. Privoxy Copyright, License and History

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 and included in the next section.

12.1. License

-            GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+                                 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 2, June 1991
 
  Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
@@ -343,8 +331,8 @@ to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
 convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
 
-    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
-    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
+    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
+    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -382,7 +370,7 @@ necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
   Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
   `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
 
-  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
+  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
   Ty Coon, President of Vice
 
 This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
@@ -396,47 +384,35 @@ Public License instead of this License.

12.2. History

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.

12.2. History

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.

12.3. Authors

Current Privoxy Team:

- Fabian Keil, lead developer
+

Fabian Keil, lead developer
David Schmidt
- Hal Burgiss
Lee Rian
Roland Rosenfeld
Ian Silvester

@@ -444,13 +420,14 @@ Public License instead of this License.

Johny Agotnes
Rodrigo Barbosa
Moritz Barsnick
+ Hal Burgiss
Ian Cummings
Brian Dessent
Jon Foster
Karsten Hopp
Alexander Lazic
Daniel Leite
- Gï¿½bor Liptï¿½k
+ Gábor Lipták
Adam Lock
Guy Laroche
Justin McMurtry
@@ -460,14 +437,13 @@ Public License instead of this License. Haroon Rafique
Georg Sauthoff
Thomas Steudten
- Jï¿½rg Strohmayer
+ Jörg Strohmayer
Rodney Stromlund
Sviatoslav Sviridov
Sarantis Paskalis
Stefan Waldherr

Thanks to the many people who have tested Privoxy, reported bugs, - provided patches, made suggestions, donated or contributed in some - other way. These include (in alphabetical order):

Thanks to the many people who have tested Privoxy, reported bugs, provided patches, made suggestions, donated + or contributed in some other way. These include (in alphabetical order):

Rustam Abdullaev
Clint Adams
Anatoly Arzhnikov
@@ -475,6 +451,7 @@ Public License instead of this License. Natxo Asenjo
Devin Bayer
Havard Berland
+ David Binderman
David Bo
Gergely Bor
Francois Botha
@@ -487,7 +464,7 @@ Public License instead of this License. Sam Chen
Ramkumar Chinchani
Billy Crook
- Frï¿½dï¿½ric Crozat
+ Frédéric Crozat
Matthew Daley
Michael T. Davis
Markus Dittrich
@@ -504,7 +481,7 @@ Public License instead of this License. Danny Goossen
Lizik Grelier
Daniel Griscom
- Felix Grï¿½bert
+ Felix Gröbert
Bernard Guillot
Jeff H.
Tim H.
@@ -513,6 +490,7 @@ Public License instead of this License. Magnus Holmgren
Eric M. Hopper
Ralf Horstmann
+ Nedžad Hrnjica
Stefan Huehner
Basil Hussain
Peter Hyman
@@ -546,24 +524,28 @@ Public License instead of this License. Mark Nelson
Tobias Netzel
Adam Piggott
- Petr Pï¿½sar
+ Petr Písar
Dan Price
Roberto Ragusa
- Fï¿½lix Rauch
+ Félix Rauch
Kai Raven
Marvin Renich
Chris John Riley
Maynard Riley
+ Ivan Romanov
Andreas Rutkauskas
+ Sam
Bart Schelstraete
Gregory Seidman
Atman Sense
Chung-chieh Shan
Johan Sintorn
Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler
+ DRS David Soft
Simon South
Dan Stahlke
Oliver Stoeneberg
+ Václav Švec
Rick Sykes
Spinor S.
Peter Thoenen
@@ -577,7 +559,7 @@ Public License instead of this License. David Wagner
Glenn Washburn
Song Weijia
- Jï¿½rg Weinmann
+ Jörg Weinmann
Darren Wiebe
Anduin Withers
Eduard Wulff
@@ -586,31 +568,24 @@ Public License instead of this License. Oliver Yeoh
Yossi Zahn
Jamie Zawinski

Privoxy is based in part on code originally developed by Junkbusters - Corp. and Anonymous Coders.

Privoxy is based in part on code originally developed by Junkbusters Corp. and Anonymous Coders.

Privoxy heavily relies on Philip Hazel's PCRE.

The code to filter compressed content makes use of zlib which is - written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.

On systems that lack snprintf(), Privoxy is using a version written - by Mark Martinec. On systems that lack strptime(), Privoxy is using the - one from the GNU C Library written by Ulrich Drepper.

The code to filter compressed content makes use of zlib which is written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark + Adler.

On systems that lack snprintf(), Privoxy is using a version written by Mark Martinec. On systems that lack + strptime(), Privoxy is using the one from the GNU C Library written by Ulrich Drepper.

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