From 0608705ebe72e7523c7b5958342386356d3c09f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rajapandi1234 <138785181+rajapandi1234@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 13:25:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add third-party notices and license information

This file lists third-party components and their licenses, including MPL-2.0, MIT, and EPL.

Signed-off-by: rajapandi1234 <138785181+rajapandi1234@users.noreply.github.com>
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 create mode 100644 NOTICES.txt

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+THIRD-PARTY NOTICES
+
+This project includes third-party components whose licenses require attribution.
+Only components with NOTICE obligations are listed below.
+
+=====================================================
+ Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
+=====================================================
+• MOSIP Kernel BOM  
+• MOSIP Kernel Core  
+• MOSIP Kernel Logger Logback  
+• MOSIP Biometrics API  
+• MOSIP Biometrics Util  
+
+=====================================================
+ MIT License
+=====================================================
+• SLF4J API  
+• Mockito Core (all versions used)
+
+=====================================================
+ Eclipse Public License (EPL-1.0 / EPL-2.0)
+=====================================================
+• H2 Database (dual-licensed: EPL-1.0 or MPL-2.0)  
+• JUnit 4 (EPL-1.0)  
+• JUnit Vintage Engine (EPL-2.0)  
+• JUnit Jupiter (EPL-2.0)
+
+=====================================================
+
+Full license texts for the above components are available in the `license/`
+directory of this repository.
+