Add NOTICE.md generated by the Legal Documentation generator

Committers can access the legal documentation generator here
https://www.eclipse.org/projects/tools/documentation.php

This was requested in the June 2026 progress review of the JGit project
linked below.

Bug: https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/emo-team/emo/-/work_items/1218
Change-Id: I5ae96448580c99c481b7ef9a8c188c2201ad40b9
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+# Notices for Eclipse JGit
+
+This content is produced and maintained by the Eclipse JGit project.
+
+* Project home: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit
+
+## Trademarks
+
+JGit™ is a trademark of the Eclipse Foundation.
+
+## Copyright
+
+All content is the property of the respective authors or their employers. For
+more information regarding authorship of content, please consult the listed
+source code repository logs.
+
+## Declared Project Licenses
+
+This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms
+of the Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which is available at
+https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+## Source Code
+
+The project maintains the following source code repositories:
+
+* https://github.com/eclipse-jgit/.github
+* https://github.com/eclipse-jgit/jgit
+* https://github.com/eclipse-jgit/jgit-pipelines
+* https://github.com/eclipse-jgit/jgit-website
+
+## Cryptography
+
+Content may contain encryption software. The country in which you are currently
+may have restrictions on the import, possession, and use, and/or re-export to
+another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption software,
+please check the country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the import,
+possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to see if this is
+permitted.