Precisely what I described. It's a web server that serves journald events/entries. It's separate from journald, and it's separate from systemd as a service. It's completely optional. It's no more embedded in systemd than nginx.

It does exist in the same umbrella project as systemd, (and I think that is an issue) but embedded is the wrong term.

> embedded is the wrong term

Don't use it then. Anyway, since systemd-the-project doesn't have a separate name from systemd-the-init, I don't see any problem with Cieplak's statement.

I'm calling it out because there are many people saying completely wrong things about systemd project. Both the init itself and other services. There's a lot of things that could be criticised about systemd, but if people constantly attack it just because they misunderstand it, it's going to be much harder to agree and change anything about the legitimate issues. Being specific helps.