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Updated: April 13, 2005 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)

Updated: May 18, 2005 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)

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  We pronounce curl and cURL with an initial k sound: [kurl].

  NOTE: there are numerous sub-projects and related projects that also use the

  word curl in the project names in various combinations, but you should take

  There are numerous sub-projects and related projects that also use the word

  curl in the project names in various combinations, but you should take

  notice that this FAQ is directed at the command-line tool named curl (and

  libcurl the library), and may therefore not be valid for other curl-related

  projects.

  projects. (There is however a small section for the PHP/CURL in this FAQ.)

  1.2 What is libcurl?

  1.5 Who makes curl?

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

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

  curl and libcurl are not made by any single individual. Daniel Stenberg is

  project leader and main developer, 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

  and source code.

  The full list of the more than 400 contributors is found in the docs/THANKS

  file.

  curl is developed by a community, with Daniel at the wheel.

  have sponsored certain parts of the development in the past and I hope some

  will continue to do so in the future.

  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 even better: by helping us coding,

  documenting, testing etc. You're welcome to send us a buck using paypal, as

  described here: http://curl.haxx.se/donation.html

  If you want to support our project, consider a donation or a banner-program

  or even better: by helping us coding, documenting, testing etc.

  1.7 What about CURL from curl.com?

  need to provide locking function(s) for libgcrypt (which is used by GnuTLS

  for the crypto functions).

    [informative link missing]

    http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/manual/html_node/Multi_002dthreaded-applications.html

  5.2 How can I receive all data into a large memory chunk?