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73 ><A
74 NAME="COPYRIGHT"
75 >12. <SPAN
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77 >Privoxy</SPAN
78 > Copyright, License and History</A
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81 > Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers <TT
82 CLASS="EMAIL"
83 >&#60;<A
84 HREF="mailto:developers@privoxy.org"
85 >developers@privoxy.org</A
86 >&#62;</TT
87 ></P
88 ><P
89 > Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous Coders
90  and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <I
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93  License</I
94 >.</P
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101 >12.1. License</A
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104 > <SPAN
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106 >Privoxy</SPAN
107 > is free software; you can
108  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the 
109  <I
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111 >GNU General Public
112  License</I
113 >, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.</P
114 ><P
115 > This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
116  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
117  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the 
118  <I
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121 > for
122  
123  more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
124  Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.</P
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126 > You should have received a copy of the <A
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134  along with this program; if not, write to the <P
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136 >&nbsp;Free&nbsp;Software<br>
137 &nbsp;Foundation,&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp;<SPAN
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139 >59 Temple Place</SPAN
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149 >02111-1307</SPAN
150 ><br>
151 &nbsp;<SPAN
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153 >USA</SPAN
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161 ><A
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163 >12.2. History</A
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165 ><P
166 > <SPAN
167 CLASS="APPLICATION"
168 >Privoxy</SPAN
169 > is evolved, and derived from, 
170  <SPAN
171 CLASS="APPLICATION"
172 >the Internet Junkbuster</SPAN
173 >, with many 
174  improvments and enhancements over the original.</P
175 ><P
176 > <SPAN
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178 >Junkbuster</SPAN
179 > was originally written by Anonymous
180  Coders and <A
181 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com"
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183 >Junkbusters
184  Corporation</A
185 >, and was released as free open-source software under the
186  GNU GPL. <A
187 HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/"
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189 >Stefan
190  Waldherr</A
191 > made many improvements, and started the <A
192 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/"
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194 >SourceForge project
195  Privoxy</A
196 > to rekindle development. There are now several active
197  developers contributing.  The last stable release of
198  <SPAN
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200 >Junkbuster</SPAN
201 > was v2.0.2, which has now
202  grown whiskers ;-).</P
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