diff --git a/clean/plugin.properties b/clean/plugin.properties
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-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
-# 
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# 
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#  
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-# P L U G I N P R O P E R T I E S
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pom/plugin.properties b/pom/plugin.properties
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-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
-# 
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# 
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#  
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-# P L U G I N  P R O P E R I E S
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-# POM plugin.
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------