On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 02:58:50PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> 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,
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