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Revision History

Most recent changes first:

• 7-Jun-2009: Added Apple references. Reorganized and relocated the revision list.
• 11-Dec-2008: HoffmanLabs assumes you are permitted to access this site. If you are not, then don't. Go way.
• 8-Jun-2008: combined legal and privacy. Updated text around unique user identification, and site communications.
• 17-Jan-2008: updated the copyright date here. Added "may or" to the URL changes; HL might not honor the request, at its discretion. Added "copyrighted materials" to the list of behaviors that are potentially considered bad. Added reference to community members that might quote postings here in their comments and responses made here.
• 2-May-2007: added a notice on the continued copyrights and the expected use of user-submitted materials. Added explicit reference to the use of cookies for logged in access. Added notice around the use of email for site-related issues. On specific occasions, HoffmanLabs can and has directly contacted users related to login access or site-related activities.