Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support

Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> writes:
> Re: Ranier Vilela
>> Isn't LIbreSSL a better alternative?

> I don't know.

It should work all right --- it's the default ssl library on OpenBSD
and some other platforms, so we have some buildfarm coverage for it.
(AFAICT, none of the OpenBSD machines are running the ssl test, but
I tried that just now on OpenBSD 6.4 and it passed.)

However, I'm not exactly convinced that using LibreSSL gets you out
of the license compatibility bind.  LibreSSL is a fork of OpenSSL,
and IIUC a fairly hostile fork at that, so how did they get permission
to remove OpenSSL's problematic license clauses?  Did they remove them
at all?  A quick look at the header files on my OpenBSD installation
shows a whole lot of ancient copyright text.

            regards, tom lane