- <div class="SECT1">
- <h1 class="SECT1">
- <a name="COPYRIGHT">7. Privoxy Copyright, License and History</a>
- </h1>
- <p>
- Copyright © 2001-2011 by Privoxy Developers <code class=
- "EMAIL"><<a href=
- "mailto:ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net">ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</a>></code>
- </p>
- <p>
- Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous
- Coders and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <i class=
- "CITETITLE">GNU General Public License</i>.
- </p>
- <p>
- Portions of this document are <span class="QUOTE">"borrowed"</span>
- from the original <span class="APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> (tm)
- FAQ, and modified as appropriate for <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>.
- </p>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="AEN1464">7.1. License</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is free software; you can
- redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the <i class=
- "CITETITLE">GNU General Public License</i>, version 2, as published
- by the Free Software Foundation.
- </p>
- <p>
- This program 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 <a
- href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html"
- target="_top"><i class="CITETITLE">GNU General Public
- License</i></a> for details.
- </p>
- <p>
- You should have received a copy of the <i class="CITETITLE">GNU
- GPL</i> along with this program; if not, write to the
- </p>
- <p class="ADDRESS">
- Free Software<br>
- Foundation, Inc. <span class="STREET">51 Franklin
- Street, Fifth Floor</span><br>
- <span class="CITY">Boston</span>, <span class=
- "STATE">MA</span> <span class="POSTCODE">02110-1301</span><br>
- <span class="COUNTRY">USA</span>
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="AEN1480">7.2. History</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- A long time ago, there was the <a href=
- "http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html" target="_top"><span class=
- "APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span></a>, by Anonymous Coders
- and <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/" target="_top">Junkbusters
- Corporation</a>. This saved many users a lot of pain in the early
- days of web advertising and user tracking.
- </p>
- <p>
- 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
- <span class="APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span> did not.
- Version 2.0.2, published in 1998, was (and is) the last official <a
- href="http://www.junkbusters.com/ijbdist.html#release" target=
- "_top">release</a> available from <a href=
- "http://www.junkbusters.com" target="_top">Junkbusters
- Corporation</a>. Fortunately, it had been released under the GNU <a
- href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html"
- target="_top">GPL</a>, which allowed further development by others.
- </p>
- <p>
- 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.
- </p>
- <p>
- Then, some <a href=
- "http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/copyright.html#AUTHORS" target=
- "_top">developers</a> picked up the thread, and started turning the
- software inside out, upside down, and then reassembled it, adding
- many <a href=
- "http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/introduction.html#FEATURES"
- target="_top">new features</a> along the way.
- </p>
- <p>
- The result of this is <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>,
- whose first stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002.
- </p>
- </div>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="HISTORY" id="HISTORY">7.2. History</a></h2>
+ <p>A long time ago, there was the <span class="APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span>, by Anonymous Coders and
+ Junkbusters Corporation. This saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of web advertising and user
+ tracking.</p>
+ <p>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 <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span> 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 <a href=
+ "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html" target="_top">GPL</a>, which allowed further development
+ by others.</p>
+ <p>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.</p>
+ <p>Then, some <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/copyright.html#AUTHORS" target="_top">developers</a>
+ picked up the thread, and started turning the software inside out, upside down, and then reassembled it, adding
+ many <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/introduction.html#FEATURES" target="_top">new features</a>
+ along the way.</p>
+ <p>The result of this is <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, whose first stable version, 3.0, was released
+ August, 2002.</p>
+ <p>As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website (http://www.junkbusters.com/) has been shut down, but Privoxy
+ is still actively maintained.</p>