mainly more not-so-very serious blurb about the name

Updated: May 23, 2002 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)

Updated: August 8, 2002 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)

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  cURL (or simply just 'curl') is a command line tool for getting or sending

  files using URL syntax. The name is a play on 'Client for URLs', originally

  with URL spelled in uppercase to make it obvious it deals with URLs. The

  fact it can also be pronounced 'see URL' also helped.

  fact it can also be pronounced 'see URL' also helped, it works as an

  abbrivation for "Client URL Request Library" or why not the recursive

  version: "Curl is a URL Request Library".

  Curl supports a range of common Internet protocols, currently including

  HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, LDAP, DICT, TELNET and FILE.

  1.5 Who makes cURL?

  cURL and libcurl are not made by any single individual. Sure, Daniel

  Stenberg writes the major parts, but various people's submissions are

  important and crucial. Anyone can post their changes and improvements and

  have them inserted in the main sources (of course on the condition that

  developers agree on that the fixes are good).

  Stenberg writes the major parts, but other persons' submissions are

  important and crucial. Anyone can contribute and post their changes and

  improvements and have them inserted in the main sources (of course on the

  condition that developers agree on that the fixes are good).

  The list of contributors in the docs/THANKS file is only a small part of all

  the people that every day provide us with bug reports, suggestions, ideas

  1.6 What do you get for making cURL?

  Project cURL is entirely free and open. No person gets paid in any way for

  developing curl. We all do this voluntarily on our spare time.

  Project cURL is entirely free and open. No person gets paid for developing

  curl. We do this voluntarily on our spare time.

  We get some help from companies. Contactor Data hosts the curl web site and

  the main mailing list, Haxx owns the curl web site's domain and

  If you want to support our project with a donation or similar, one way of

  doing that would be to buy "gift certificates" at useful online shopping

  sites, such as amazon.com or thinkgeek.com. Another way would be to sponsor

  us through a banner-program or by simply helping us coding, documenting,

  testing etc.

  us through a banner-program or even better: by helping us coding,

  documenting, testing etc.

  1.7 What about CURL from curl.com?