reuse: add copyright + license info to individual docs/*.md files

Instead of use 'docs/*.md' in dep5. For clarity and avoiding a wide-
matching wildcard.

+ Remove mention of old

reuse: add copyright + license info to individual docs/*.md files

Instead of use 'docs/*.md' in dep5. For clarity and avoiding a wide-
matching wildcard.

+ Remove mention of old files from .reuse/dep5
+ add info to .github/dependabot.yml
+ make scripts/copyright.pl warn on non-matching patterns

Closes #13245

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docs: use present tense

avoid "will", detect "will" as a bad word in the CI

Also line wrapped a bunch of paragraphs

Closes #13001

GHA: add a job scanning for "bad words" in markdown

This means words, phrases or things we have decided not to use - words that
are spelled right according to the dictionary but we want

GHA: add a job scanning for "bad words" in markdown

This means words, phrases or things we have decided not to use - words that
are spelled right according to the dictionary but we want to avoid. In the
name of consistency and better documentation.

Closes #12764

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tidy-up: mostly whitespace nits

- delete completed TODO from `./CMakeLists.txt`.
- convert a C++ comment to C89 in `./CMake/CurlTests.c`.
- delete duplicate EOLs from EOF.
- add

tidy-up: mostly whitespace nits

- delete completed TODO from `./CMakeLists.txt`.
- convert a C++ comment to C89 in `./CMake/CurlTests.c`.
- delete duplicate EOLs from EOF.
- add missing EOL at EOF.
- delete whitespace at EOL (except from expected test results).
- convert tabs to spaces.
- convert CRLF EOLs to LF in GHA yaml.
- text casing fixes in `./CMakeLists.txt`.
- fix a codespell typo in `packages/OS400/initscript.sh`.

Closes #11772

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docs: minor grammar fixes

Closes #9609

docs: correct missing uppercase in Markdown files

To detect these typos I used:

```
clear && grep -rn '\. [a-z]' . | uniq | grep -v '\. lib' | grep -v '[0-9]\. [a-z]' | grep -v

docs: correct missing uppercase in Markdown files

To detect these typos I used:

```
clear && grep -rn '\. [a-z]' . | uniq | grep -v '\. lib' | grep -v '[0-9]\. [a-z]' | grep -v '\.\. [a-z]' | grep -v '\. curl' | grep -v 'e.g. [a-z]' | grep -v 'eg. [a-z]' | grep -v '\etc. [a-z]' | grep -v 'i.e\. [a-z]' | grep --color=always '\. [a-z]' | grep '\.md'
```

Closes #9474

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BUGS.md: improve language

Closes #9205

docs: updates spellings with full words

Closes #8730

BUGS: Fix incorrect punctuation

Closes #8672
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

docs: grammar proofread, typo fixes

(Partially automated) proofread of most of the documentation, leading to
various typo fixes.

Closes #8353

docs: address proselint nits

- avoid exclamation marks
- use consistent number of spaces after periods: one
- avoid clichés
- avoid using 'very'

Closes #8060

docs: reduce/avoid English contractions

You're => You are
Hasn't => Has not
Doesn't => Does not
Don't => Do not
You'll => You will
etc

Closes #7930

docs: correct spelling errors and a broken link

Update grammar and spelling in docs and source code comments.

Closes: #7427
Reviewed-by: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>

BUGS: language polish

curl.se: new home

Closes #6172

BUGS: convert document to markdown

Closes #5979