<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NEWJB" id="NEWJB">1.5. What is this new
version of <span class="QUOTE">"Junkbuster"</span>?</a></h3>
- <p>A long time ago, there was the <a href=
- "http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html" target="_top"><span class=
- "APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span></a>, by Anonymous Coders and
- <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/" target="_top">Junkbusters
- Corporation</a>. This saved many users a lot of pain in the early days
- of web advertising and user tracking.</p>
+ <p>A long time ago, there was the <span class="APPLICATION">Internet
+ Junkbuster</span>, by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters Corporation.
+ This saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of web
+ advertising and user tracking.</p>
<p>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
<span class="APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span> did not. Version
- 2.0.2, published in 1998, was (and is) the last official <a href=
- "http://www.junkbusters.com/ijbdist.html#release" target=
- "_top">release</a> available from <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com"
- target="_top">Junkbusters Corporation</a>. Fortunately, it had been
- released under the GNU <a href=
- "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html" target=
- "_top">GPL</a>, which allowed further development by others.</p>
+ 2.0.2, published in 1998, was the last official release, available from
+ Junkbusters Corporation. Fortunately, it had been released under the
+ GNU <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html"
+ target="_top">GPL</a>, which allowed further development by others.</p>
<p>So Stefan Waldherr started maintaining an improved version of the
software, to which eventually a number of people contributed patches.
<p>The result of this is <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>,
whose first stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002.</p>
+
+ <p>As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website
+ (http://www.junkbusters.com/) has been shut down, but Privoxy is still
+ actively maintained.</p>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN85" id="AEN85">1.6. Why <span class=
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN82" id="AEN82">1.6. Why <span class=
"QUOTE">"Privoxy"</span>? Why change the name from Junkbuster at
all?</a></h3>
- <p>Though outdated, <a href="http://junkbusters.com/" target=
- "_top">Junkbusters Corporation</a> continues to offer their original
- version of the <span class="APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span>, so
- publishing our <span class="APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span>-derived
- software under the same name led to confusion.</p>
+ <p>Though outdated, Junkbusters Corporation continued to offer their
+ original version of the <span class="APPLICATION">Internet
+ Junkbuster</span> for a while, so publishing our <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span>-derived software under the same name
+ would have led to confusion.</p>
- <p>There are also potential legal complications from our use of the
- <span class="APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> name, which is a registered
- trademark of <a href="http://junkbusters.com/" target=
- "_top">Junkbusters Corporation</a>. There are, however, no objections
- from Junkbusters Corporation to the <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> project itself, and they, in fact, still
- share our ideals and goals.</p>
+ <p>There were also potential legal reasons not to use the <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> name, as it was (and maybe still is) a
+ registered trademark of Junkbusters Corporation. There were, however,
+ no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> project itself, and they, in fact, shared
+ our ideals and goals.</p>
- <p>The developers also believed that there are so many improvements
- over the original code, that it was time to make a clean break from the
- past and make a name in their own right.</p>
+ <p>The Privoxy developers also believed that there were so many
+ improvements over the original code, that it was time to make a clean
+ break from the past and make a name in their own right.</p>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is the <span class=
"QUOTE">"<span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">Privacy Enhancing
differ from the old Junkbuster?</a></h3>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> picks up where <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> left off. The new <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> left off. <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> still blocks ads and banners, still
manages <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
"_top">cookies</a>, and still helps protect your privacy. But, most of
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN163" id="AEN163">1.9. Can Privoxy make
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN158" id="AEN158">1.9. Can Privoxy make
mistakes? This does not sound very scientific.</a></h3>
<p>Actually, it's a black art ;-) And yes, it is always possible to
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN169" id="AEN169">1.10. Will I have to
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN164" id="AEN164">1.10. Will I have to
configure Privoxy before I can use it?</a></h3>
<p>That depends on your expectations. The default installation should
and <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy's</span> privacy enhancing
features at the same time. While your browser probably lacks some
features <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> offers, it should
- also be able to do some things more reliable, for example restricting
+ also be able to do some things more reliably, for example restricting
and suppressing JavaScript.</p>
</div>
problems you noticed.</p>
<p>If you intend to help out with the trackers, you also might want
- to <a href="https://sourceforge.net/account/register.php" target=
+ to <a href="https://sourceforge.net/user/registration" target=
"_top">get an account on SourceForge.net</a> so we don't confuse you
with the other name-less users.</p>
<h4 class="SECT3"><a name="DONATE" id="DONATE">1.17.2. Would you like
to donate?</a></h4>
- <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is developed by unpaid
- volunteers and thus our current running costs are pretty low.
- Nevertheless, we have plans that will cost money in the future. They
- include, but aren't limited to spending money on:</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>Hardware to help make sure <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> keeps running on platforms the
- developers currently can't test on and can be ported to
- others.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>Technical books to educate our developers about said platforms
- or to improve their knowledge in general.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>More reliable hosting,</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>We would like to get this money through donations made by our
- users.</p>
-
- <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> has therefore become an
- associated project of <a href=
- "http://www.spi-inc.org/about-spi/about-spi" target="_top">Software
- in the Public Interest (SPI)</a>, which allows us to receive
- donations. In the United States they are tax-deductible, in a few
- other western countries they might be tax-deductible in the
- future.</p>
-
- <p>If you read this section before you may notice that paying for the
- project domain privoxy.org is no longer on the list. It has been
- transferred to SPI is sponsored by Mythic Beasts Ltd.</p>
-
- <p>If you enjoy our software and feel like helping out with a
- donation, please have a look at <a href=
- "http://www.spi-inc.org/donations" target="_top">SPI's donation
- page</a> to see what the options are. If you have any questions
- regarding donations please mail to either the public user mailing
- list or, if it's a private matter, to <a href=
- "mailto:fk@fabiankeil.de" target="_top">Fabian Keil</a> (Privoxy's
- SPI liason) directly.</p>
+ <p>Donations are welcome. Our <a href=
+ "http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/TODO"
+ target="_top">TODO list</a> is rather long and being able to pay one
+ (or more) developers to work on Privoxy would make a huge difference,
+ even if it was only for a couple of weeks. Donations may also be used
+ for Privoxy-related travel expenses (for example to attend
+ conferences), for hardware used for Privoxy development and for
+ hosting expenses etc.</p>
+
+ <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is an associated project
+ of <a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/" target="_top">Software in the
+ Public Interest (SPI)</a>, which allows us to receive tax-deductible
+ donations in the United States. If you want to donate through SPI,
+ please use <a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/donations" target=
+ "_top">SPI's donation page</a> to see what the options are.</p>
+
+ <p>You can also donate to Privoxy using a bank account or a "Paypal"
+ address:</p>
+
+ <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
+ Name on account: <a href=
+ "https://www.zwiebelfreunde.de/" target="_top">Zwiebelfreunde
+ e.V.</a><br>
+ IBAN: DE95430609671126825604<br>
+ BIC: GENODEM1GLS<br>
+ Bank: GLS Bank</p>
+
+ <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
+ "Paypal" address: privoxy@zwiebelfreunde.de</p>
+
+ <p>Donations made through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. are tax-deductible in
+ Germany and other countries that recognize German charitable clubs.
+ Feel free to use the Subject field to provide a name to be credited
+ and a list of TODO list items you are interested in the most. For
+ example: Max Mustermann: #16, #1, #14.</p>
+
+ <p>If you have any questions regarding donations please mail to
+ either the public user mailing list or, if it's a private matter, to
+ <a href="mailto:fk@fabiankeil.de" target="_top">Fabian Keil</a>
+ (Privoxy's SPI liason) directly.</p>
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