Commit 93a175f15a for openssl.org

commit 93a175f15adfad7f469f98cd2455cd65551e4eb6
Author: Anton Arapov <anton@openssl.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 11:55:38 2026 -0700

    README-FIPS: clarify provider and library cross-version compatibility

    State that a FIPS provider built from any validated version may be
    used together with an OpenSSL library built from any supported release
    from OpenSSL 3.0 onwards, backward and forward, including future major
    release series.

    The downloads page references in the updated paragraph now point at
    https://openssl-library.org/source/, which www.openssl.org/source/
    redirects to.

    Aligns the documentation with the OpenSSL Library FIPS Module
    Support Policy.

    Assisted-by: Claude Code:claude-fable-5
    Reviewed-by: Nikola Pajkovsky <nikolap@openssl.org>
    Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.foundation>
    Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
    Merge-date: Tue Aug 18 07:21:24 2026
    Merged-from: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/32105

diff --git a/README-FIPS.md b/README-FIPS.md
index 4e3e20cf4d..8b923892bb 100644
--- a/README-FIPS.md
+++ b/README-FIPS.md
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ Installing the FIPS provider
 ============================

 In order to be FIPS compliant you must only use FIPS validated source code.
-Refer to <https://www.openssl.org/source/> for information related to
+Refer to <https://openssl-library.org/source/> for information related to
 which versions are FIPS validated. The instructions given below build OpenSSL
-just using the FIPS validated source code.  Any FIPS validated version may be
-used with any other openssl library.  Please see <https://www.openssl.org/source/>
-To determine which FIPS validated library version may be appropriate for you.
+just using the FIPS validated source code.  A FIPS provider built from any
+validated version may be used together with an OpenSSL library built from any
+supported release from OpenSSL 3.0 onwards; provider compatibility is
+maintained backward and forward across these releases, including future major
+release series, for as long as the module remains supported.  Please see
+<https://openssl-library.org/source/>
+to determine which FIPS validated library version may be appropriate for you.

 If you want to use a validated FIPS provider, but also want to use the latest
 OpenSSL release to build everything else, then refer to the next section.