Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support

From: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Felix Lechner <felix(dot)lechner(at)lease-up(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support
Date: 2020-06-27 19:35:20
Message-ID: CADUqk8XWkurQ64+Hi2eMQix3-YqYpL=AJ70BhH6zB0=6xG5F9w@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 3:25 PM Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Em sáb., 27 de jun. de 2020 às 09:50, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>
> escreveu:
>
>> Re: Peter Eisentraut
>> > What would be the advantage of using wolfSSL over OpenSSL?
>>
>> Avoiding the OpenSSL-vs-GPL linkage problem with readline.
>>
> I'm curious, how do you intend to solve a linking problem with
> OpenSSL-vs-GPL-readline, with another GPL product?
> WolfSSL, will provide a commercial license for PostgreSQL?
> Isn't LIbreSSL a better alternative?
>

Somewhere, I recall seeing an open-source OpenSSL compatibility wrapper for
WolfSSL. Assuming that still exists, this patch seems entirely unnecessary.

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Jonah H. Harris

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