Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Felix Lechner <felix(dot)lechner(at)lease-up(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support
Date: 2020-06-27 19:40:26
Message-ID: 20200627194026.GE16644@momjian.us
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On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 04:22:51PM -0300, Ranier Vilela 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?

I assume you can use wolfSSL as long as the result is GPL, which is the
same requirement libreadline causes for Postgres, particularly if
Postgres is statically linked to libreadline.

> WolfSSL, will provide a commercial license for PostgreSQL?
> Isn't LIbreSSL a better alternative?

Seems it might be.

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