@@ -11,6 +11,24 @@ This version depends on mbed TLS 2.0 (and requires at least 2.0.0).

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+Warning:

+

+As of mbed TLS 2.17, it can be licensed *only* under the Apache v2.0 license.

+That license is incompatible with OpenVPN's GPLv2.

+

+If you wish to distribute OpenVPN linked with mbed TLS, there are two options:

+

+ * Ensure that your case falls under the system library exception in GPLv2, or

+

+ * Use an earlier version of mbed TLS. Version 2.16.12 is the last release

+   that may be licensed under GPLv2. Unfortunately, this version is

+   unsupported and won't receive any more updates.

+

+If nothing changes about the license situation, mbed TLS support may be

+deprecated in a future release of OpenVPN.

+

+*************************************************************************

+

 Due to limitations in the mbed TLS library, the following features are missing

 in the mbed TLS version of OpenVPN: