Signed-off-by: Max Fillinger <maximilian.fillin...@foxcrypto.com> --- README.mbedtls | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README.mbedtls b/README.mbedtls index 4875822d..d3466fa9 100644 --- a/README.mbedtls +++ b/README.mbedtls @@ -11,6 +11,24 @@ This version depends on mbed TLS 2.0 (and requires at least 2.0.0). ************************************************************************* +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: -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
