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7. Privoxy - Copyright, License and History

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Copyright © 2001-2013 by Privoxy Developers <ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>

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Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous - Coders and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the GNU General Public License.

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Portions of this document are "borrowed" - from the original Junkbuster (tm) FAQ, - and modified as appropriate for 7. Privoxy Copyright, License and History +

Copyright © 2001-2019 by Privoxy Developers

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Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed + under the GNU General Public License.

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Portions of this document are "borrowed" from the original Junkbuster (tm) FAQ, and modified as appropriate for Privoxy.

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7.1. License

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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.

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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.

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7.1. License

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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.

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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.

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7.2. History

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The result of this is Privoxy, - whose first stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002.

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As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website - (http://www.junkbusters.com/) has been shut down, but Privoxy is still - actively maintained.

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7.2. History

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The result of this is Privoxy, whose first stable version, 3.0, was released + August, 2002.

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As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website (http://www.junkbusters.com/) has been shut down, but Privoxy + is still actively maintained.

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