On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 02:58:50PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > Dave Page <dpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > GnuTLS is LGPL, which isn't quite as liberal as postgresql's > > > license, but should still be ubiqutous enough to be worthwhile. > > > > The note on the fsf directory (http://directory.fsf.org/gnutls.html) is a little off-putting: > > > > "The program is currently in development and at an alpha stage." > > > > Not to mention that from what I can see in a brief Google the Windows > > support is somewhat rudimentary. > > I don't think we should drop openssl support... just include gnutls > support so that OS vendors that want to be able to link their libpq against > GPL software (like debian) have that choice available. Well, for a program in alpha stage it's working quite well. Just examining the Debian archives shows GnuTLS used by a few hundred packages, including apparently everything in Gnome (directly or indirectly). It would be worth looking into, to lay this case to rest, finally... Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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