diff --git a/plugins-common/project.xml b/plugins-common/project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4532ce97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins-common/project.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!-- 
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2006 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.
+ */
+ -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v3_0_0.xsd">
+
+  <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
+
+  <groupId>maven</groupId>
+  <currentVersion>1.0</currentVersion>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+    <logo>http://maven.apache.org/images/apache-maven-project-2.png</logo>
+  </organization>
+
+  <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
+  <package>org.apache.maven</package>
+  <logo>http://maven.apache.org/images/maven-logo-2.gif</logo>
+
+  <siteAddress>people.apache.org</siteAddress>
+  <distributionSite>people.apache.org</distributionSite>
+  <distributionDirectory>/www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository/</distributionDirectory>
+
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Maven User List</name>
+      <subscribe>users-subscribe@maven.apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>users-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>users@maven.apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-users/</archive>
+      <otherArchives>
+        <otherArchive>http://www.mail-archive.com/users@maven.apache.org/</otherArchive>
+        <otherArchive>http://www.nabble.com/Maven---Users-f178.html</otherArchive>
+      </otherArchives>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Maven Developer List</name>
+      <subscribe>dev-subscribe@maven.apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>dev-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>dev@maven.apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev/</archive>
+      <otherArchives>
+        <otherArchive>http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@maven.apache.org/</otherArchive>
+        <otherArchive>http://www.nabble.com/Maven---Dev-f179.html</otherArchive>
+      </otherArchives>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Maven Commits List</name>
+      <subscribe>commits-subscribe@maven.apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>commits-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>commits@maven.apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev/</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Apache Announce List</name>
+      <subscribe>announce-subscribe@apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>announce-unsubscribe@apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>announce@apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+    
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <name>dIon Gillard</name>
+      <id>dion</id>
+      <email>dion@multitask.com.au</email>
+      <organization>Multitask Consulting</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+10</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Fabrizio Giustina</name>
+      <id>fgiust</id>
+      <email>fgiust@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>openmind</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Arnaud Heritier</name>
+      <id>aheritier</id>
+      <email>aheritier@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>Octo Technology</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Felipe Leme</name>
+      <id>felipeal</id>
+      <email>maven@felipeal.net</email>
+      <organization>Falcon Informatica</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+        <role>Jelly Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-3</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Vincent Massol</name>
+      <id>vmassol</id>
+      <email>vmassol@pivolis.com</email>
+      <organization>Pivolis</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Brett Porter</name>
+      <id>brett</id>
+      <email>brett@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>f2 network</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+10</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Eric Pugh</name>
+      <id>epugh</id>
+      <email>epugh@upstate.com</email>
+      <organization>Upstate</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Carlos Sanchez</name>
+      <id>carlos</id>
+      <email>carlos@apache.org</email>
+      <organization/>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>James Strachan</name>
+      <id>jstrachan</id>
+      <email>james_strachan@yahoo.co.uk</email>
+      <organization>Spiritsoft</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Lukas Theussl</name>
+      <id>ltheussl</id>
+      <email>ltheussl@apache.org</email>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-7</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Jason van Zyl</name>
+      <id>jvanzyl</id>
+      <email>jason@zenplex.com</email>
+      <organization>Zenplex</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Architect</role>
+        <role>Release Manager</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Emmanuel Venisse</name>
+      <id>evenisse</id>
+      <email>emmanuel@venisse.net</email>
+      <organization/>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins-parent/maven.xml b/plugins-parent/maven.xml
index 99e387ba..14dd6e0c 100644
--- a/plugins-parent/maven.xml
+++ b/plugins-parent/maven.xml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
     <ant:copy todir="${dir}/../plugins-parent">
       <ant:fileset dir="${pom.parent.file.parent}" />
     </ant:copy>
-    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/.." file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/LICENSE.txt" />
-    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/.." file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/NOTICE.txt" />
-    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/.." file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/checkstyle.xml" />
-    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/.." file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/checkstyle-license.txt" />
+    <ant:mkdir dir="${dir}/../plugins-common" />
+    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/../plugins-common">
+      <ant:fileset dir="${pom.parent.parent.file.parent}" />
+    </ant:copy>
     <j:set var="executionDir" value="${basedir}" scope="parent" />
   </postGoal>
 
diff --git a/plugins-parent/project.xml b/plugins-parent/project.xml
index 8dd455e8..c5658752 100644
--- a/plugins-parent/project.xml
+++ b/plugins-parent/project.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-
 <!-- 
 /*
  * Copyright 2001-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
@@ -17,69 +16,18 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
  -->
-
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v3_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v3_0_0.xsd">
 
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
+  <extend>../plugins-common/project.xml</extend>
+
   <id>plugins-parent</id>
   <name>Maven Plugins</name>
-  <groupId>maven</groupId>
-  <currentVersion>1.0</currentVersion>
-  <organization>
-    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
-    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
-    <logo>http://maven.apache.org/images/apache-maven-project-2.png</logo>
-  </organization>
-  <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
-  <package>org.apache.maven</package>
-  <logo>http://maven.apache.org/images/maven-logo-2.gif</logo>
 
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/${pom.artifactId.substring(6,pom.artifactId.length()-7)}/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MP${pom.artifactId.substring(6,pom.artifactId.length()-7).toUpperCase()}</issueTrackingUrl>
-  <siteAddress>people.apache.org</siteAddress>
-  <siteDirectory>/www/maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/${pom.artifactId.substring(6,pom.artifactId.length()-7)}/</siteDirectory>
-  <distributionSite>people.apache.org</distributionSite>
-  <distributionDirectory>/www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository/</distributionDirectory>
 
-  <mailingLists>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Maven User List</name>
-      <subscribe>users-subscribe@maven.apache.org</subscribe>
-      <unsubscribe>users-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org</unsubscribe>
-      <post>users@maven.apache.org</post>
-      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-users/</archive>
-      <otherArchives>
-        <otherArchive>http://www.mail-archive.com/users@maven.apache.org/</otherArchive>
-        <otherArchive>http://www.nabble.com/Maven---Users-f178.html</otherArchive>
-      </otherArchives>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Maven Developer List</name>
-      <subscribe>dev-subscribe@maven.apache.org</subscribe>
-      <unsubscribe>dev-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org</unsubscribe>
-      <post>dev@maven.apache.org</post>
-      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev/</archive>
-      <otherArchives>
-        <otherArchive>http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@maven.apache.org/</otherArchive>
-        <otherArchive>http://www.nabble.com/Maven---Dev-f179.html</otherArchive>
-      </otherArchives>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Maven Commits List</name>
-      <subscribe>commits-subscribe@maven.apache.org</subscribe>
-      <unsubscribe>commits-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org</unsubscribe>
-      <post>commits@maven.apache.org</post>
-      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev/</archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Apache Announce List</name>
-      <subscribe>announce-subscribe@apache.org</subscribe>
-      <unsubscribe>announce-unsubscribe@apache.org</unsubscribe>
-      <post>announce@apache.org</post>
-      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/</archive>
-    </mailingList>
-  </mailingLists>
+  <siteDirectory>/www/maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/${pom.artifactId.substring(6,pom.artifactId.length()-7)}/</siteDirectory>
 
   <repository>
     <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/plugins/trunk/${pom.artifactId.substring(6,pom.artifactId.length()-7)}/</connection>
@@ -87,107 +35,6 @@
     <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/maven/maven-1/plugins/trunk/${pom.artifactId.substring(6,pom.artifactId.length()-7)}/</url>
   </repository>
 
-  
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <name>dIon Gillard</name>
-      <id>dion</id>
-      <email>dion@multitask.com.au</email>
-      <organization>Multitask Consulting</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Java Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+10</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Vincent Massol</name>
-      <id>vmassol</id>
-      <email>vmassol@pivolis.com</email>
-      <organization>Pivolis</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Java Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Eric Pugh</name>
-      <id>epugh</id>
-      <email>epugh@upstate.com</email>
-      <organization>Upstate</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Java Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-    </developer>    
-    <developer>
-      <name>James Strachan</name>
-      <id>jstrachan</id>
-      <email>james_strachan@yahoo.co.uk</email>
-      <organization>Spiritsoft</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Java Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Emmanuel Venisse</name>
-      <id>evenisse</id>
-      <email>emmanuel@venisse.net</email>
-      <organization/>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Java Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Jason van Zyl</name>
-      <id>jvanzyl</id>
-      <email>jason@zenplex.com</email>
-      <organization>Zenplex</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Architect</role>
-        <role>Release Manager</role>
-      </roles>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Brett Porter</name>
-      <id>brett</id>
-      <email>brett@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>f2 network</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+10</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Felipe Leme</name>
-      <id>felipeal</id>
-      <email>maven@felipeal.net</email>
-      <organization>Falcon Informatica</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Java Developer</role>
-        <role>Jelly Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-3</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Fabrizio Giustina</name>
-      <id>fgiust</id>
-      <email>fgiust@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>openmind</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Lukas Theussl</name>
-      <id>ltheussl</id>
-      <email>ltheussl@apache.org</email>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-
   <build>
     <defaultGoal>plugin:plugin</defaultGoal>
     <sourceDirectory>src/main</sourceDirectory>
diff --git a/plugins-site/project.xml b/plugins-site/project.xml
index 1c5c587b..008ea49b 100644
--- a/plugins-site/project.xml
+++ b/plugins-site/project.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
  */
  -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v3_0_0.xsd">
+
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
+  <extend>../plugins-common/project.xml</extend>
+  
   <id>plugins-site-master</id>
   <name>Maven Plugins</name>
   <groupId>maven</groupId>