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   This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file 
   named "LICENSE" in this directory.
   
+  This distribution includes cryptographic software.  The country in 
+  which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, 
+  possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of 
+  encryption software.  BEFORE using any encryption software, please 
+  check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the
+  import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to 
+  see if this is permitted.  See <http://www.wassenaar.org/> for more
+  information.
+
+  The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and
+  Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity 
+  Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security
+  software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric
+  algorithms.  The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation
+  distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception
+  ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS 
+  Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object 
+  code and source code.
+
+  The following provides more details on the included cryptographic
+  software:
+
+  For the SSH family of tasks (<sshexec> and <scp>) Ant requires the
+  JSch <http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/index.html> library as well as the
+  Java Cryptography extensions
+  <http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/security/>.  Ant does not
+  include these libraries itself, but is designed to use them.
 
   Thanks for using Ant.