crurl and libcrurl look almost visually identical to curl and libcurl - to the point that many on HN genuinely misread Google's names to be their original count

crurl and libcrurl look almost visually identical to curl and libcurl - to the point that many on HN genuinely misread Google's names to be their original counterparts. Whereas your make examples are much easier to visually differentiate. If curl was trademarked then they would have a strong case here.