<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NEWJB" id="NEWJB">1.5. What is this new
version of <span class="QUOTE">"Junkbuster"</span>?</a></h3>
- <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>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 (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>
+ 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.
<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>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN85" id="AEN85">1.6. Why <span class=
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN82" id="AEN82">1.6. Why <span class=
"QUOTE">"Privoxy"</span>? Why change the name from Junkbuster at
all?</a></h3>
- <p>Though outdated, <a href="http://junkbusters.com/" target=
- "_top">Junkbusters Corporation</a> continues to offer their original
- version of the <span class="APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span>, so
- publishing our <span class="APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span>-derived
- software under the same name led to confusion.</p>
+ <p>Though outdated, Junkbusters Corporation continued to offer their
+ original version of the <span class="APPLICATION">Internet
+ Junkbuster</span> for a while, so publishing our <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span>-derived software under the same name
+ would have led to confusion.</p>
- <p>There are also potential legal complications from our use of the
- <span class="APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> name, which is a registered
- trademark of <a href="http://junkbusters.com/" target=
- "_top">Junkbusters Corporation</a>. There are, however, no objections
- from Junkbusters Corporation to the <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> project itself, and they, in fact, still
- share our ideals and goals.</p>
+ <p>There were also potential legal reasons not to use the <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> name, as it was (and maybe still is) a
+ registered trademark of Junkbusters Corporation. There were, however,
+ no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> project itself, and they, in fact, shared
+ our ideals and goals.</p>
- <p>The developers also believed that there are so many improvements
- over the original code, that it was time to make a clean break from the
- past and make a name in their own right.</p>
+ <p>The Privoxy developers also believed that there were so many
+ improvements over the original code, that it was time to make a clean
+ break from the past and make a name in their own right.</p>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is the <span class=
"QUOTE">"<span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">Privacy Enhancing
differ from the old Junkbuster?</a></h3>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> picks up where <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> left off. The new <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> left off. <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> still blocks ads and banners, still
manages <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
"_top">cookies</a>, and still helps protect your privacy. But, most of
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN163" id="AEN163">1.9. Can Privoxy make
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN158" id="AEN158">1.9. Can Privoxy make
mistakes? This does not sound very scientific.</a></h3>
<p>Actually, it's a black art ;-) And yes, it is always possible to
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN169" id="AEN169">1.10. Will I have to
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN164" id="AEN164">1.10. Will I have to
configure Privoxy before I can use it?</a></h3>
<p>That depends on your expectations. The default installation should
projects / privoxy.git / blobdiff