On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 10:56:46AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 02:50:27PM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: > >> Re: Peter Eisentraut > >>> What would be the advantage of using wolfSSL over OpenSSL? > > >> Avoiding the OpenSSL-vs-GPL linkage problem with readline. > > > Uh, wolfSSL is GPL2: > > https://www.wolfssl.com/license/ > > Readline is GPLv3+ (according to Red Hat's labeling of that package > anyway, didn't check the source). So they'd be compatible, while > openssl's license is nominally incompatible with GPL. As I recall, > Debian jumps through some silly hoops to pretend that they're not > using openssl and readline at the same time with Postgres, so I > can definitely understand Christoph's interest in an alternative. > > However, judging from the caveats mentioned in the initial message, > my inclination would be to wait awhile for wolfSSL to mature.
Also, wolfSSL is developed by a company and dual GPL/commerical licenses, so it seems like a mismatch to me. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EnterpriseDB https://enterprisedb.com The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness, Bruce Lee
