Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Ranier Vilela
Subject Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support
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Msg-id CAEudQApG4d4MJFehrj1YFvrC-8U7ocMsrDsEF8MDAN2oz=mOJA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support
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Em sáb., 27 de jun. de 2020 às 16:40, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> escreveu:
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@debian.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.
I don't want to divert the focus from the theread, but this subject has a controversial potential, in my opinion.
I participated in a speech on another list, where I make contributions (IUP library: https://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/).
Where a user, upon discovering that two sub-libraries, were GPL licenses, caused an uproar, bringing the speech to Mr.Stallman himself.
In short, the best thing for the project will be to remove the two GPL sub-libraries.
 
regards,
Ranier Vilela

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