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Copyright � 2001-2017 by Privoxy Developers <privoxy-devel@lists.privoxy.org>
Some source code is based on code Copyright � 1997 by Anonymous Coders + and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the GNU + General Public License.
+Portions of this document are "borrowed" + from the original Junkbuster (tm) FAQ, + and modified as appropriate for Privoxy.
+Privoxy is free software; you can + redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by + the Free Software Foundation.
+Privoxy 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 license for details.
- Copyright © 2001-2016 by Privoxy Developers <privoxy-devel@lists.privoxy.org>
-
- Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous - Coders and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the GNU General Public License. -
-- Portions of this document are "borrowed" - from the original Junkbuster (tm) - FAQ, and modified as appropriate for Privoxy. -
-- Privoxy is free software; you can - redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published - by the Free Software Foundation. -
-- Privoxy 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 license for details. -
-- A long time ago, there was the Internet - Junkbuster, by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters Corporation. - This saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of web - advertising and user tracking. -
-- 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 - Internet Junkbuster 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 GPL, which allowed further development by others. -
-- 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. -
-- Then, some developers picked up the thread, and started - turning the software inside out, upside down, and then reassembled - it, adding many new features along the way. -
-- The result of this is Privoxy, - whose first stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002. -
-- As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website - (http://www.junkbusters.com/) has been shut down, but Privoxy is - still actively maintained. -
-A long time ago, there was the Internet + Junkbuster, by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters Corporation. + This saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of web + advertising and user tracking.
+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 + Internet Junkbuster 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 GPL, which allowed further development by others.
+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.
+Then, some developers picked up the thread, and started turning the + software inside out, upside down, and then reassembled it, adding many + new features along the way.
+The result of this is Privoxy, + whose first stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002.
+As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website + (http://www.junkbusters.com/) has been shut down, but Privoxy is still + actively maintained.