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 Relation to iperf 2.x
 ---------------------
 
-Note that iperf2 is no longer being developed by its original
-maintainers.  However, beginning in 2014, another developer began
-fixing bugs and enhancing functionality, and generating releases of
-iperf2.  Both projects (as of late 2017) are currently being developed
-actively, but independently.  The continuing iperf2 development
+Although iperf2 and iperf3 both measure network performance,
+they are not compatible with each other.
+The projects (as of mid-2021) are in active, but separate, development.
+The continuing iperf2 development
 project can be found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf2/.
 
 iperf3 contains a number of options and functions not present in