Define the deprecation policy for 1.0.9.

This explicitly avoids naming any release-specific data so we can leave this text unchanged for upcoming releases.
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 **Zcash is unfinished and highly experimental.** Use at your own risk.

+Deprecation Policy
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+
+This release is considered deprecated 16 weeks after the release day. There
+is an automatic deprecation feature which will halt the node some time after
+this 16 week time period. The automatic feature is based on block height
+and can be explicitly disabled.
+
 Where do I begin?
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 We have a guide for joining the main Zcash network: