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   for username/passwords and client/server SSL certificates. It
   is designed to be used with Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE),
   Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) and the BouncyCastle encryption library.
-* This software may (via Apache Taverna Language,
+* This software (via Apache Taverna Language,
   Apache Taverna OSGi and Apache Jena) use Apache HttpComponents
-  for `https://` connections.
+  if accessing `https://` connections.