diff --git a/assembly/src/release/NOTICE.txt b/assembly/src/release/NOTICE.txt
index 40ff5eb470..ee103fdc5a 100644
--- a/assembly/src/release/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/assembly/src/release/NOTICE.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,22 @@
    ==  in this case for the Apache ActiveMQ distribution.                 ==
    =========================================================================
 
+   Apache ActiveMQ
+   Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+
    This product includes software developed by
    The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
 
-   Please read the different LICENSE files present in the licenses directory of
-   this distribution.
+   Portions of Derby were orginally developed by
+   International Business Machines Corporation and are
+   licensed to the Apache Software Foundation under the
+   "Software Grant and Corporate Contribution License Agreement",
+   informally known as the "Derby CLA".
+
+   The portion of the functionTests under 'nist' was originally
+   developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
+   an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, and adapted by
+   International Business Machines Corporation in accordance with the NIST
+   Software Acknowledgment and Redistribution document at
+   http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/sql_form.htm
+