| commit | 553e81e47359e56c98ef7fd3c4c5e6d94253cc4a | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Adam Langley <alangley@gmail.com> | Mon Apr 25 13:37:32 2022 -0700 |
| committer | Boringssl LUCI CQ <boringssl-scoped@luci-project-accounts.iam.gserviceaccount.com> | Mon Apr 25 21:11:06 2022 +0000 |
| tree | 440735b06ce9961c1ac91177a3c5964e35e7fd7a | |
| parent | 53a87b7c59e9bac97162c89cdd05eee2b3436d8b [diff] |
Update comment in light of prior change. (Tweaking pending CLs now upsets the tooling so doing this as a follow-up CL instead.) Change-Id: I78efc5cb72de7b41d57769bb3958c20167de69b3 Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/52325 Reviewed-by: David Benjamin <davidben@google.com> Commit-Queue: David Benjamin <davidben@google.com>
BoringSSL is a fork of OpenSSL that is designed to meet Google's needs.
Although BoringSSL is an open source project, it is not intended for general use, as OpenSSL is. We don't recommend that third parties depend upon it. Doing so is likely to be frustrating because there are no guarantees of API or ABI stability.
Programs ship their own copies of BoringSSL when they use it and we update everything as needed when deciding to make API changes. This allows us to mostly avoid compromises in the name of compatibility. It works for us, but it may not work for you.
BoringSSL arose because Google used OpenSSL for many years in various ways and, over time, built up a large number of patches that were maintained while tracking upstream OpenSSL. As Google's product portfolio became more complex, more copies of OpenSSL sprung up and the effort involved in maintaining all these patches in multiple places was growing steadily.
Currently BoringSSL is the SSL library in Chrome/Chromium, Android (but it's not part of the NDK) and a number of other apps/programs.
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