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 ## Plugin description
 
 <!-- Short description of goals of package, with descriptive links to the documentation website --> 
+The Apache Commons Codec Library.
 
+Apache Commons Codec (TM) software provides implementations of common encoders and decoders such as Base64, Hex, Phonetic and URLs.
+
+https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/
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+Distributed on the Apache License, Version 2.0
         
 A more detailed user documentation can be found on the Apache Commons Codec documentation page on the Icy website: http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/plugin/apache-commons-codec/