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[privoxy.git] / doc / source / history.sgml

diff --git a/doc/source/history.sgml b/doc/source/history.sgml
index 23c703f..29d1382 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/source/history.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/history.sgml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <!--
- 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 2.7 2009/02/22 11:05:21 fabiankeil Exp $
-
-  Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.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.
@@ -25,11 +23,9 @@
 -->
 
 <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>
@@ -37,11 +33,9 @@
  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>.
+ the last official release, available from Junkbusters Corporation.
  Fortunately, it had been released under the GNU
- <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GPL</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GPL</ulink>,
  which allowed further development by others.
 </para>
 
@@ -57,10 +51,10 @@
 
 <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>
 
@@ -69,3 +63,8 @@
  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>