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

badwords: use hostname, not host name

and username, filename - consistently. Fixed the patterns in
badwords.txt to catch these.

Closes #12888

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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misc: fix spelling

Closes #11733

docs: rewrite to present tense

... instead of using future tense.

+ numerous cleanups and improvements
+ stick to "reuse" not "re-use"
+ fewer contractions

Closes #

docs: rewrite to present tense

... instead of using future tense.

+ numerous cleanups and improvements
+ stick to "reuse" not "re-use"
+ fewer contractions

Closes #11713

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docs: use a space after RFC when spelling out RFC numbers

Closes #11382

smb: return error on upload without size

The protocol needs to know the size ahead of time, this is now a known
restriction and not a bug.

Also output a clearer error if the URL

smb: return error on upload without size

The protocol needs to know the size ahead of time, this is now a known
restriction and not a bug.

Also output a clearer error if the URL path does not contain proper
share.

Ref: #7896
Closes #10484

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test1275: verify upercase after period in markdown

Script based on the #9474 pull-request logic, but implemented in perl.

Updated docs/URL-SYNTAX.md accordingly.

Suggested-

test1275: verify upercase after period in markdown

Script based on the #9474 pull-request logic, but implemented in perl.

Updated docs/URL-SYNTAX.md accordingly.

Suggested-by: Dan Fandrich

Closes #9697

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docs: spellfixes

Pointed by the new CI job

English: use American spelling consistently

Authorization, Initialization, Organization etc.

Closes #8673

docs: grammar proofread, typo fixes

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

Closes #8353

docs: update IETF links to use datatracker

The tools.ietf.org domain has been deprecated a while now, with the
links being redirected to datatracker.ietf.org.

Rather than make p

docs: update IETF links to use datatracker

The tools.ietf.org domain has been deprecated a while now, with the
links being redirected to datatracker.ietf.org.

Rather than make people eat that redirect time, this change switches the
URL to a more canonical source.

Closes #8317

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docs/URL-SYNTAX.md: space is not fine in a given URL

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: reduce use of "very"

"Very" should be avoided in most texts. If intensifiers are needed, try
find better words instead.

Closes #7936

URL-SYNTAX: add IMAP UID SEARCH example

- Explain the difference between IMAP search via URL (which returns
message sequence numbers) and IMAP search via custom request (which
ca

URL-SYNTAX: add IMAP UID SEARCH example

- Explain the difference between IMAP search via URL (which returns
message sequence numbers) and IMAP search via custom request (which
can return UID numbers if prefixed with UID, eg "UID SEARCH ...").

Bug: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/7626
Reported-by: orycho@users.noreply.github.com

Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/2789

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/7881

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URL-SYNTAX.md: document the new 'localhost' treatment

URL-SYNTAX: update IDNA section for WHATWG spec changes

WHATWG URL has dictated the use of Nontransitional Processing (IDNA
2008) for several years now. Chrome (and derivatives) still us

URL-SYNTAX: update IDNA section for WHATWG spec changes

WHATWG URL has dictated the use of Nontransitional Processing (IDNA
2008) for several years now. Chrome (and derivatives) still use
Transitional Processing, but Firefox and Safari have both switched.

Also document the fact that winidn functions differently from libidn2
here.

Closes #7026

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URL-SYNTAX: add gophers details

URL-SYNTAX: add default port numbers and IDNA details

Closes #6316

URL-SYNTAX: mention how FILE:// access can access network on windows

Closes #6314

URL-SYNTAX: Document default SMTP port 25

Note that ports 25 and 587 are common ports for smtp, the former being
the default.

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/6310

docs: Fix some typos

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