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Date:      Sun, 3 May 1998 17:13:04 -0400
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>
To:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/www/ijb - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <19980503171304.A11838@mph124.rh.psu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19980503230438.48318@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Sun, May 03, 1998 at 11:04:38PM %2B0200
References:  <199805032051.NAA22058@freefall.freebsd.org> <19980503230438.48318@follo.net>

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On Sun, May 03, 1998 at 11:04:38PM +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote:

> >   Log Message:
> >   Import of ijb, the Internet Junkbuster.  It's an HTTP proxy that
> >   strips advertisements and so on.
[...]
> Refusing to download ads from the WWW is very bad practice.  Those ads are
> paying for the service you're using.  I'm not even certain we should have
> the above program as a port - I don't think we'd have a 'automated
> crack-on-download' tool, for instance, and this is actually fairly similar.

I would like to point out that the "and so on" includes unwanted
cookies, animated GIFs, and other things besides ads that some folks
would consider to be "junk".  In fact, it seems to be a very general
tool.

I would point out that we have lots of tools that can be used for
good or evil, including netcat, satan, and crack.  As long as
there is some legitimate use for these products, I do not think it
is our place to make it inconvenient to get them.

Matt

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