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12. Privoxy - Copyright, License and History

- -

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 and included in the next section.

- +

12. Privoxy Copyright, License and History

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 and included in the next section.

12.1. License

-                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+                                 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 2, June 1991
 
  Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
@@ -354,8 +331,8 @@ to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
 convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
 
-    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
-    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
+    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
+    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -393,7 +370,7 @@ necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
   Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
   `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
 
-  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
+  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
   Ty Coon, President of Vice
 
 This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
@@ -401,73 +378,49 @@ proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
 consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
 library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
 Public License instead of this License.
-
-
+

12.2. History

- -

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.

12.3. Authors

Current Privoxy Team:

- -

- Fabian Keil, lead developer
+

Fabian Keil, lead developer
David Schmidt
- Hal Burgiss
Lee Rian
Roland Rosenfeld
Ian Silvester

Former Privoxy Team Members:

Johny Agotnes
Rodrigo Barbosa
Moritz Barsnick
+ Hal Burgiss
Ian Cummings
Brian Dessent
Jon Foster
@@ -489,12 +442,10 @@ Public License instead of this License. Sviatoslav Sviridov
Sarantis Paskalis
Stefan Waldherr

- -

Thanks to the many people who have tested Privoxy, reported bugs, - provided patches, made suggestions, donated or contributed in some - other way. These include (in alphabetical order):

- +

Thanks to the many people who have tested Privoxy, reported bugs, provided patches, made suggestions, donated + or contributed in some other way. These include (in alphabetical order):

Rustam Abdullaev
+ Clint Adams
Anatoly Arzhnikov
Ken Arromdee
Natxo Asenjo
@@ -526,6 +477,7 @@ Public License instead of this License. Dean Gaudet
Stephen Gildea
John McGowan
+ Danny Goossen
Lizik Grelier
Daniel Griscom
Felix Gröbert
@@ -533,12 +485,12 @@ Public License instead of this License. Jeff H.
Tim H.
Aaron Hamid
- Basil Hussain
Darel Henman
Magnus Holmgren
Eric M. Hopper
Ralf Horstmann
Stefan Huehner
+ Basil Hussain
Peter Hyman
Derek Jennings
Andrew Jones
@@ -563,17 +515,19 @@ Public License instead of this License. Angelina Matson
Jonathan McKenzie
David Mediavilla
- J. Momberger
Raphael Moll
+ J. Momberger
Mathew Murphy
Amuro Namie
Mark Nelson
+ Tobias Netzel
Adam Piggott
Petr Písar
Dan Price
- Kai Raven
Roberto Ragusa
Félix Rauch
+ Kai Raven
+ Marvin Renich
Chris John Riley
Maynard Riley
Andreas Rutkauskas
@@ -581,6 +535,7 @@ Public License instead of this License. Gregory Seidman
Atman Sense
Chung-chieh Shan
+ Johan Sintorn
Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler
Simon South
Dan Stahlke
@@ -588,6 +543,7 @@ Public License instead of this License. Rick Sykes
Spinor S.
Peter Thoenen
+ Marc Thomas
Martin Thomas
Reuben Thomas
Guybrush Threepwood
@@ -600,48 +556,31 @@ Public License instead of this License. Jörg Weinmann
Darren Wiebe
Anduin Withers
+ Eduard Wulff
Yang Xia
Jarry Xu
Oliver Yeoh
- Jamie Zawinski
- Eduard Wulff

- -

Privoxy is based in part on code originally developed by Junkbusters - Corp. and Anonymous Coders.

- + Yossi Zahn
+ Jamie Zawinski

Privoxy is based in part on code originally developed by Junkbusters Corp. and Anonymous Coders.

Privoxy heavily relies on Philip Hazel's PCRE.

- -

The code to filter compressed content makes use of zlib which is - written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.

- -

On systems that lack snprintf(), Privoxy is using a version written - by Mark Martinec. On systems that lack strptime(), Privoxy is using the - one from the GNU C Library written by Ulrich Drepper.

The code to filter compressed content makes use of zlib which is written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark + Adler.

On systems that lack snprintf(), Privoxy is using a version written by Mark Martinec. On systems that lack + strptime(), Privoxy is using the one from the GNU C Library written by Ulrich Drepper.

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