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68 >7. Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
69 ></H1
70 ><P
71 > Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers <TT
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73 >&#60;<A
74 HREF="mailto:developers@privoxy.org"
75 >developers@privoxy.org</A
76 >&#62;</TT
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78 ><P
79 > Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous Coders
80  and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <I
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82 >GNU General Public
83  License</I
84 >.</P
85 ><P
86 >   Portions of this document are <SPAN
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88 >"borrowed"</SPAN
89 > from the original
90    <SPAN
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92 >Junkbuster</SPAN
93 > (tm) FAQ, and modified as 
94    appropriate for <SPAN
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105 >7.1. License</A
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107 ><P
108 > <SPAN
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110 >Privoxy</SPAN
111 > is free software; you can
112  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the 
113  <I
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115 >GNU General Public
116  License</I
117 >, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.</P
118 ><P
119 > This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
120  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
121  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the 
122  <I
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124 >GNU General Public License</I
125 > for
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127  more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
128  Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.</P
129 ><P
130 > You should have received a copy of the <A
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136 ></A
137 >
138  along with this program; if not, write to the <P
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140 >&nbsp;Free&nbsp;Software<br>
141 &nbsp;Foundation,&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp;<SPAN
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143 >59 Temple Place</SPAN
144 >&nbsp;-&nbsp;Suite&nbsp;330<br>
145 &nbsp;<SPAN
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147 >Boston</SPAN
148 >,&nbsp;<SPAN
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150 >MA</SPAN
151 >&nbsp;<SPAN
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153 >02111-1307</SPAN
154 ><br>
155 &nbsp;<SPAN
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157 >USA</SPAN
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167 >7.2. History</A
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169 ><P
170 > <SPAN
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172 >Privoxy</SPAN
173 > is evolved, and derived from, 
174  <SPAN
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176 >the Internet Junkbuster</SPAN
177 >, with many 
178  improvments and enhancements over the original.</P
179 ><P
180 > <SPAN
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182 >Junkbuster</SPAN
183 > was originally written by Anonymous
184  Coders and <A
185 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com"
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187 >Junkbusters
188  Corporation</A
189 >, and was released as free open-source software under the
190  GNU GPL. <A
191 HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/"
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193 >Stefan
194  Waldherr</A
195 > made many improvements, and started the <A
196 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/"
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198 >SourceForge project
199  Privoxy</A
200 > to rekindle development. There are now several active
201  developers contributing.  The last stable release of
202  <SPAN
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204 >Junkbuster</SPAN
205 > was v2.0.2, which has now
206  grown whiskers ;-).</P
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