From 0a60d389d702b4b7c60e7adbfb62a04d62353eee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Gendal Brown <richard@r3cev.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 16:58:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update production readiness warning (#505)

* Updated Development State to reflect that Corda is maturing, that we're targetting production readiness in 2017 but still to warn that APIs are not yet stable

* newlines
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 README.md | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 601bf3bd71..e592d86a21 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ To look at the Corda source and run some sample applications:
 
 ## Development State
  
-Corda is currently in very early development and should not be used in production systems. Breaking
-changes will happen on minor versions until 1.0. Experimentation with Corda is recommended.
+Corda is under active development and is maturing rapidly. We are targeting
+production-readiness in 2017. The API will continue to evolve throughout 2017;
+backwards compatibility not assured until version 1.0.
 
 Pull requests, experiments, and contributions are encouraged and welcomed.