From 1c1b77b3ea9c80fce4acfa03690306140b96470c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liamcottle <liam@liamcottle.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:40:08 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] add note about mqtt collector

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 README.md | 3 +++
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 ## MQTT Collector
 
+> Please note, due to the Meshtastic protobuf schema files being locked under a GPLv3 license, these are not provided in this MIT licensed project.
+You will need to obtain these files yourself to be able to use the MQTT Collector.
+
 By default, the [MQTT Collector](./src/mqtt.js) connects to the public Meshtastic MQTT server.
 Alternatively, you may provide the relevant options shown in the help section below to connect to your own MQTT server along with your own decryption keys.