Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 10:56:46AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)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.

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