README: refresh

- call them "manpages", not "man pages" and drop the .1 and .3
- replace link to "manual" with a link to everything curl
- remove the link to the FAQ
- add a new "open source "subtitle for the license link, and rephrase
- mention and link GitHub services in the contact section
- rename the "git" subtitle to "source code"
- shorten the source code section somewhat

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# [![curl logo](https://curl.se/logo/curl-logo.svg)](https://curl.se/)
Curl is a command-line tool for transferring data specified with URL
syntax. Find out how to use curl by reading [the curl.1 man
page](https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html) or [the MANUAL
document](https://curl.se/docs/manual.html). Find out how to install Curl
by reading [the INSTALL document](https://curl.se/docs/install.html).
Curl is a command-line tool for transferring data specified with URL syntax.
Learn how to use curl by reading [the
manpage](https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html) or [everything
curl](https://everything.curl.dev/).
Find out how to install curl by reading [the INSTALL
document](https://curl.se/docs/install.html).
libcurl is the library curl is using to do its job. It is readily available to
be used by your software. Read [the libcurl.3 man
page](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/libcurl.html) to learn how.
be used by your software. Read [the libcurl
manpage](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/libcurl.html) to learn how.
You can find answers to the most frequent questions we get in [the FAQ
document](https://curl.se/docs/faq.html).
## Open Source
Study [the COPYING file](https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html) for
distribution terms.
curl is Open Source and is distributed under an MIT-like
[license](https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html).
## Contact
If you have problems, questions, ideas or suggestions, please contact us by
posting to a suitable [mailing list](https://curl.se/mail/).
Contact us on a suitable [mailing list](https://curl.se/mail/) or
use GitHub [issues](https://github.com/curl/curl/issues)/
[pull requests](https://github.com/curl/curl/pulls)/
[discussions](https://github.com/curl/curl/discussions).
All contributors to the project are listed in [the THANKS
document](https://curl.se/docs/thanks.html).
@ -37,17 +40,14 @@ applications using (lib)curl visit [the support page](https://curl.se/support.ht
## Website
Visit the [curl website](https://curl.se/) for the latest news and
downloads.
Visit the [curl website](https://curl.se/) for the latest news and downloads.
## Git
## Source code
To download the latest source from the Git server, do this:
Download the latest source from the Git server:
git clone https://github.com/curl/curl.git
(you will get a directory named curl created, filled with the source code)
## Security problems
Report suspected security problems via [our HackerOne