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51 <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="INTRODUCTION" id="INTRODUCTION">1.
54 <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, as an heir to <span class=
55 "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span>, is a Free Software project and the code
56 is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. As such,
57 <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> development is potentially open
58 to anyone who has the time, knowledge, and desire to contribute in any
59 capacity. Our goals are simply to continue the mission, to improve
60 <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, and to make it available to as
61 wide an audience as possible.</p>
63 <p>One does not have to be a programmer to contribute. Packaging,
64 testing, documenting and porting, are all important jobs as well.</p>
67 <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="QUICKSTART" id="QUICKSTART">1.1. Quickstart
68 to Privoxy Development</a></h2>
70 <p>The first step is to join the <a href=
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73 better patches. Patches are best submitted to the Sourceforge tracker
74 set up for this purpose, but can be sent to the list for review
77 <p>You will also need to have a cvs package installed, which will
78 entail having ssh installed as well (which seems to be a requirement of
79 SourceForge), in order to access the cvs repository. Having the GNU
80 build tools is also going to be important (particularly, autoconf and
83 <p>For the time being (read, this section is under construction), you
84 can also refer to the extensive comments in the source code. In fact,
85 reading the code is recommended in any case.</p>
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