Mention missing IP clearance (#5)

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+Note that this module **cannot be released** until the IP clearance at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INCUBATOR-222 is done. It shouldn't have been imported here before that, but it's probably ok to continue working here until that's fixed.
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 Composer is a new programming model for composing cloud functions built on
 [Apache OpenWhisk](https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk). With
 Composer, developers can build even more serverless applications including using