diff --git a/java/external/build.xml b/java/external/build.xml
index c1dc7b6..34059fd 100644
--- a/java/external/build.xml
+++ b/java/external/build.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 <project name="xml-commons-external" default="jar" >
 
   <!-- Name and version information -->
-  <property name="name.external" value="xml-commons-external"/>
+  <property name="name.external" value="xml-apis"/>
   <property name="impl.name" value="XmlCommons"/>
+  <!-- If no external version is provided, don't use one -->
+  <property name="version" value=""/>
   <property name="impl.version" value="${version}"/>
 
   <!-- Location of the system's temporary directory; all output sent here -->
@@ -25,11 +27,26 @@
   <property name="src.dir" value="src" />
   <property name="docs.dir" value="xdocs" />
   <property name="api.jar.location" value="${build.dir}" />
-  <property name="api.jar.name" value="xml-apis.jar" />
+  <property name="api.jar.name" value="${name.external}.jar" />
   <property name="api.jar" value="${api.jar.location}/${api.jar.name}" />
 
-  <target name="all" depends="jar,javadoc"
-    description="Jar external classes and create javadoc">
+  <!-- License and readme files of various types -->
+  <property name="licenses.external.dir" value="."/>
+  <patternset id="licenses.external">
+    <include name="LICENSE.dom-documentation.txt" />
+    <include name="LICENSE.dom-software.txt" />
+    <include name="README.dom.txt" />
+    <include name="LICENSE.sax.txt" />
+    <include name="README.sax.txt" />
+  </patternset>
+  <property name="licenses.asf.dir" value="../.."/>
+  <patternset id="licenses.asf" >
+    <include name="LICENSE.txt" />
+    <include name="README.txt" />
+  </patternset>
+
+  <target name="all" depends="jar,javadoc,exportsrc"
+    description="Jar external classes, create javadoc, create sources.tar.gz">
   </target>
 
   <target name="prepare" 
@@ -54,6 +71,19 @@
   <target name="jar" depends="compile"
     description="Jar all classes">
     <echo message="Jarring ${api.jar} from ${build.classes.dir}" />
+
+    <!-- Copy various licenses so they appear in the .jar file -->
+    <property name="jar-licenses" value="${build.classes.dir}/license" />
+    <mkdir dir="${jar-licenses}" />
+    <copy todir="${jar-licenses}">
+      <fileset dir="${licenses.external.dir}">
+        <patternset refid="licenses.external"/>
+      </fileset>
+      <fileset dir="${licenses.asf.dir}">
+        <patternset refid="licenses.asf"/>
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+
     <jar jarfile="${api.jar}" 
         basedir="${build.classes.dir}" 
         manifest="${build.dir}/manifest.commons"  />
@@ -67,8 +97,9 @@
       version="yes" 
       windowtitle="${external.javadoc.title}" 
       doctitle="${external.javadoc.title}"
-      bottom="This document is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN and comes with NO WARRANTY of any kind."
     />
+    <!-- Legal question: what should the bottom= copyright line be
+         for this mixed set of javadocs? -->
     <!-- Just copy existing .html files over as well -->
     <copy todir="${build.docs.dir}">
       <fileset dir="${docs.dir}"/>
@@ -77,7 +108,8 @@
 
   <target name="exportsrc" depends="prepare"
     description="Create a simple distribution of sources">
-    <!-- Note: this not a complete public distro layout yet! -sc -->
+    <!-- Note: this *only* a copy of the .java sources that 
+         go into our .jar file, not all our sources! -->
 
     <patternset id="external-srcs" >
     <!-- Relative to external/src, which is ${src.dir}  -->
@@ -92,6 +124,12 @@
       <tarfileset dir="${build.dir}">
         <include name="manifest.commons"/>
       </tarfileset>
+      <tarfileset dir="${licenses.external.dir}">
+        <patternset refid="licenses.external"/>
+      </tarfileset>
+      <tarfileset dir="${licenses.asf.dir}">
+        <patternset refid="licenses.asf"/>
+      </tarfileset>
     </tar>
     <gzip src="${build.dir}/${name.external}-${impl.version}-src.tar" zipfile="${build.dir}/${name.external}-${impl.version}-src.tar.gz"/>
     <delete file="${build.dir}/${name.external}-${impl.version}-src.tar" />