X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fwebserver%2Ffaq%2Fcopyright.html;h=ae5b5c3c4ccbf04474d4ce527da5684a016390d1;hp=e26f35de739cff4a0880af48d5062835a3a2d522;hb=3e837e6e9561de90b1db799199f8036977cb36b0;hpb=72081f829de368392d04076728f8c991178c0080 diff --git a/doc/webserver/faq/copyright.html b/doc/webserver/faq/copyright.html index e26f35de..ae5b5c3c 100644 --- a/doc/webserver/faq/copyright.html +++ b/doc/webserver/faq/copyright.html @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ - + Privoxy Copyright, License and History7. Privoxy Copyright, License and History

Copyright © 2001 - 2004 by Privoxy Developers Copyright © 2001-2017 by Privoxy Developers

Junkbuster (tm) FAQ, and modified as +> (tm) FAQ, and modified as appropriate for Privoxy

7.1. License

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 + redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License for - - more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59 - Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

, version 2, + as published by the Free Software Foundation.

You should have received a copy of the 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 GNU General Public Licenselicense - along with this program; if not, write to the

 Free Software
- Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
- Boston, MA 02111-1307
- USA 

for details.

7.2. History

In the beginning, there was the - A long time ago, there was the Internet Junkbuster, - by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters - Corporation. It saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of - web advertising and user tracking.

, + 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 users to consume ads, give up autonomy over their browsing, and - for spying on them, kept 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. +> 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.

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. +> 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, @@ -227,14 +178,14 @@ TARGET="_top" >

Then, some developers picked up the thread, and started turning the software inside out, upside down, and then reassembled it, adding many new featuresPrivoxy, whose first - stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002. + 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.