Added 3.10 and a few minor updates

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ
index 64be0c8ec..0fad2edba 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ
+++ b/docs/FAQ
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Updated: February 2, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml)
+Updated: February 12, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml)
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@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ FAQ
   3.7 Can I use curl to delete/rename a file through FTP?
   3.8 How do I tell curl to follow HTTP redirects?
   3.9 How do I use curl in PHP?
+  3.10 What about SOAP, WEBDAV, XML-RPC or similar protocols over HTTP?
 
  4. Running Problems
   4.1 Problems connecting to SSL servers.
@@ -106,8 +107,8 @@ FAQ
   or with PHP.
 
   Curl is not a single-OS program. Curl exists, compiles, builds and runs
-  under a wide range of operating systems, including all modern Unixes,
-  Windows, Amiga, BeOS, OS/2, OS X, QNX etc.
+  under a wide range of operating systems, including all modern Unixes (and a
+  bunch of older ones too), Windows, Amiga, BeOS, OS/2, OS X, QNX etc.
 
   1.4 When will you make curl do XXXX ?
 
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ FAQ
 
   You can't simply use -F or -d at your choice. The web server that will
   receive your post assumes one of the formats. If the form you're trying to
-  "fake" sets the type to 'multipart/form-data', than and only then you must
+  "fake" sets the type to 'multipart/form-data', then and only then you must
   use the -F type. In all the most common cases, you should use -d which then
   causes a posting with the type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'.
 
@@ -294,6 +295,16 @@ FAQ
   invoke the curl tool using a command line. This is the way to use curl if
   you're using PHP3 or PHP4 built without curl module support.
 
+  3.10 What about SOAP, WEBDAV, XML-RPC or similar protocols over HTTP?
+
+  Curl adheres to the HTTP spec, which basically means you can play with *any*
+  protocol that is built ontop of HTTP. Protocols such as SOAP, WEBDAV and
+  XML-RPC are all such ones. You can use -X to set custom requests and -H to
+  set custom headers (or replace internally generated ones).
+
+  Using libcurl or PHP's curl modules is just as fine and you'd just use the
+  proper library options to do the same.
+
 4. Running Problems
 
   4.1. Problems connecting to SSL servers.
@@ -426,7 +437,8 @@ FAQ
   4.9. Curl can't authenticate to the server that requires NTLM?
 
   NTLM is a Microsoft proprietary protocol. Unfortunately, curl does not
-  currently support that.
+  currently support that. Proprietary formats are evil. You should not use
+  such ones.
 
 5. libcurl Issues
 
@@ -512,7 +524,7 @@ FAQ
 
 6. License Issues
 
-  NOTE: This section is now updated to concern curl 7.5.2 or later!
+  NOTE: This section concerns curl 7.5.2 or later!
 
   Curl and libcurl are released under a MIT/X derivate license *or* the MPL,
   the Mozilla Public License. To get a really good answer to your license
@@ -530,27 +542,25 @@ FAQ
 
   6.2. I have a closed-source program, can I use the libcurl library?
 
-  Yes.
+  Yes!
 
-  libcurl does not put any restrictions on the program that uses the
-  library.
+  libcurl does not put any restrictions on the program that uses the library.
 
   6.3. I have a BSD licensed program, can I use the libcurl library?
 
-  Yes.
+  Yes!
 
-  libcurl does not put any restrictions on the program that uses the
-  library.
+  libcurl does not put any restrictions on the program that uses the library.
 
   6.4. I have a program that uses LGPL libraries, can I use libcurl?
 
-  Yes.
+  Yes!
 
-  The LGPL license don't clash with other licenses.
+  The LGPL license doesn't clash with other licenses.
 
   6.5. Can I modify curl/libcurl for my program and keep the changes secret?
 
-  Yes.
+  Yes!
 
   The MIT/X derivate license practically allows you to do almost anything with
   the sources, on the condition that the copyright texts in the sources are
@@ -558,9 +568,11 @@ FAQ
 
   6.6. Can you please change the curl/libcurl license to XXXX?
 
-  No. We carefully picked this license years ago and a large amount of people
-  have contributed with source code knowing that this is the license we
-  use. This license puts the restrictions we want on curl/libcurl and it does
-  not spread to other programs or libraries that use it. The recent dual
-  license modification should make it possible for everyone to use libcurl or
-  curl in their projects, no matter what license they already have in use.
+  No.
+
+  We carefully picked this license years ago and a large amount of people have
+  contributed with source code knowing that this is the license we use. This
+  license puts the restrictions we want on curl/libcurl and it does not spread
+  to other programs or libraries that use it. The recent dual license
+  modification should make it possible for everyone to use libcurl or curl in
+  their projects, no matter what license they already have in use.