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Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
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<title id="whyprivoxy">Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why change the name from
Junkbuster at all?</title>
<para>
- Though outdated, <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com/">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>
- continues to offer their original version of the <application>Internet
- Junkbuster</application>, so publishing our
- <application> Junkbuster</application>-derived software under the same name
- led to confusion.
+ Though outdated, Junkbusters Corporation continued to offer their original
+ version of the <application>Internet Junkbuster</application> for a while,
+ so publishing our <application> Junkbuster</application>-derived software
+ under the same name would have led to confusion.
</para>
<para>
- There are also potential legal complications from our use of the
- <application>Junkbuster</application> name, which is a registered trademark of
- <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com/">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
- There are, however, no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the
- <application>Privoxy</application> project itself, and they, in fact, still
- share our ideals and goals.
+ There were also potential legal reasons not to use the
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> name, as it was (and maybe still is)
+ a registered trademark of Junkbusters Corporation.
+ There were, however, no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the
+ <application>Privoxy</application> project itself, and they, in fact,
+ shared our ideals and goals.
</para>
<para>
- 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.
+ 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.
</para>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> is the
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> picks up where
<application>Junkbuster</application> left off.
- The new <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
+ <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
still manages <ulink
url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>, and still
helps protect your privacy. But, most of these features have been enhanced,
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+Revision 2.88 2012/04/22 12:16:24 fabiankeil
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Revision 2.87 2012/04/22 12:16:09 fabiankeil
Fix an URL in the "Privoxy with Tor" FAQ