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Copyright © 2001-2009 by Privoxy Developers <ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
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.
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 GNU General Public License for details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU GPL - along with this program; if not, write to the
Free Software
- Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- Boston, MA 02110-1301
- USA
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 - (and is) 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. -
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Copyright © 2001-2011 by Privoxy Developers <ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
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.
+ +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 GNU General Public License for + details.
+ +You should have received a copy of the GNU + GPL along with this program; if not, write to the
+ + Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin
+ Street, Fifth Floor
+ Boston, MA 02110-1301
+ USA
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 (and is) 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.
+