diff --git a/.ratignore b/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3f1957cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ratignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONTRIBUTING
+doc/licenses/*/**/*
+doc/**/html/*.html
diff --git a/extensions/.ratignore b/extensions/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..366f62843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/.ratignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+guacamole-auth-radius/**/*
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-cas/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-cas/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-cas/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-cas/pom.xml
index 600ab29af..936a0c3a4 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-cas/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-cas/pom.xml
@@ -32,117 +32,11 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
-        <artifactId>guacamole-client</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
         <version>1.3.0</version>
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     <dependencies>
 
         <!-- Guacamole Extension API -->
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cbee99f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-duo/.ratignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+src/main/resources/lib/DuoWeb/**/*
+src/main/java/com/duosecurity/duoweb/**/*
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-duo/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-duo/pom.xml
index e57a8cf5d..427a2db0e 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-duo/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-duo/pom.xml
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
-        <artifactId>guacamole-client</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
         <version>1.3.0</version>
-        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
@@ -44,22 +44,6 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
 
-            <!-- Written for Java 1.8 -->
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             <!-- Pre-cache Angular templates with maven-angular-plugin -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.keithbranton.mojo</groupId>
@@ -140,89 +124,6 @@
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-            <!-- Automatically generate LICENSE and NOTICE -->
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-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
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-                    <execution>
-                        <id>generate-license-files</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
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-                </executions>
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-            <!-- Assembly plugin - for easy distribution -->
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-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
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-                        <phase>package</phase>
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-                            <goal>single</goal>
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-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
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-                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                        <goals>
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-            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
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-
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-                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
-                        <exclude>src/licenses/**/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>src/main/resources/templates/*.html</exclude>
-                        <exclude>src/main/resources/lib/DuoWeb/**/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>src/main/java/com/duosecurity/duoweb/**/*</exclude>
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-                </configuration>
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-
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-
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/pom.xml
index d1c394f9d..eb284e8df 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/pom.xml
@@ -32,116 +32,11 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
-        <artifactId>guacamole-client</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
         <version>1.3.0</version>
-        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
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-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
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-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-
-            <!-- Written for Java 1.8 -->
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-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
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-                        <arg>-Werror</arg>
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-                    <fork>true</fork>
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-            </plugin>
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-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
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-            <!-- Automatically generate LICENSE and NOTICE -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
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-                        <id>generate-license-files</id>
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-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.12</version>
-
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-
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     <dependencies>
 
         <!-- Guacamole Extension API -->
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da318d12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/.ratignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src/main/resources/html/*.html
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/pom.xml
index 5f9ceb7ee..35bbcc25d 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/pom.xml
@@ -36,58 +36,6 @@
         <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
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-        <plugins>
-
-            <!-- Written for Java 1.8 -->
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-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
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-
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-        </plugins>
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     <dependencies>
 
         <!-- Java servlet API -->
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/pom.xml
index 26402dadd..d78a14791 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
     <name>guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist</name>
     <url>http://guacamole.apache.org/</url>
 
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-
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
         <artifactId>guacamole-auth-jdbc</artifactId>
@@ -40,65 +36,6 @@
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     </parent>
 
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-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
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-                    <execution>
-                        <id>generate-license-files</id>
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-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
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-
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-
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-
     <dependencies>
 
         <!-- MySQL Authentication Extension -->
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/pom.xml
index 1943d337e..1b0c014a7 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
     <name>guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql</name>
     <url>http://guacamole.apache.org/</url>
 
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-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
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-
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
         <artifactId>guacamole-auth-jdbc</artifactId>
@@ -40,73 +36,6 @@
         <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
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-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
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-                <executions>
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-                        <configuration>
-                            <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
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-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
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-
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     <dependencies>
 
         <!-- Guacamole Extension API -->
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/pom.xml
index 7717404d4..4aa65e50f 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
     <name>guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql</name>
     <url>http://guacamole.apache.org/</url>
 
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-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
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     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
         <artifactId>guacamole-auth-jdbc</artifactId>
@@ -40,73 +36,6 @@
         <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
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-                    <fork>true</fork>
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-            </plugin>
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-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
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-                        <goals>
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-                        <configuration>
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-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
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-
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-                        <id>validate</id>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
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-                            <goal>check</goal>
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         <!-- Guacamole Extension API -->
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/pom.xml
index 54b6463c2..27029f53e 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
     <name>guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver</name>
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index 96599d494..786c490b3 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -32,40 +32,11 @@
 
     <parent>
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         <!-- Distribution .tar.gz -->
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/pom.xml
index 2e424bacd..c1e165ebc 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/pom.xml
@@ -32,91 +32,11 @@
 
     <parent>
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diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/pom.xml
index 3fa841820..37ba09817 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -32,123 +32,11 @@
 
     <parent>
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         <!-- Guacamole Extension API -->
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-openid/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-openid/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-openid/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-openid/pom.xml
index 3c9bd8682..69abd3b1f 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-openid/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-openid/pom.xml
@@ -32,34 +32,14 @@
 
     <parent>
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-        <artifactId>guacamole-client</artifactId>
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                 <groupId>com.samaxes.maven</groupId>
@@ -106,86 +86,6 @@
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diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-quickconnect/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-quickconnect/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-quickconnect/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-quickconnect/pom.xml
index 095958a03..6d28e177f 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-quickconnect/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-quickconnect/pom.xml
@@ -32,88 +32,14 @@
 
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diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/pom.xml
index 8e2c44ed1..56cb188f4 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/pom.xml
@@ -32,34 +32,14 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
-        <artifactId>guacamole-client</artifactId>
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-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-saml/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-saml/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-saml/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-saml/pom.xml
index 3658ea630..8fc102b01 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-saml/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-saml/pom.xml
@@ -32,118 +32,11 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
-        <artifactId>guacamole-client</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
         <version>1.3.0</version>
-        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-
-            <!-- Written for 1.8 -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <compilerArgs>
-                        <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
-                        <arg>-Werror</arg>
-                    </compilerArgs>
-                    <fork>true</fork>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Copy dependencies prior to packaging -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>unpack-dependencies</id>
-                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
-                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
-                            <excludes>META-INF/*.SF,META-INF/*.DSA</excludes>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Automatically generate LICENSE and NOTICE -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>generate-license-files</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Assembly plugin - for easy distribution -->
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                    <descriptors>
-                        <descriptor>src/main/assembly/dist.xml</descriptor>
-                    </descriptors>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>make-dist-archive</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.12</version>
-
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
-                        <exclude>src/main/resources/templates/*.html</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-
-                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>validate</id>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <dependencies>
 
         <!-- Guacamole Extension API -->
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-totp/.ratignore b/extensions/guacamole-auth-totp/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-totp/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-totp/pom.xml
index 0a644beea..9ed9b6674 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-totp/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-totp/pom.xml
@@ -32,34 +32,14 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
-        <artifactId>guacamole-client</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
         <version>1.3.0</version>
-        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
 
-            <!-- Written for Java 1.8 -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <compilerArgs>
-                        <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
-                        <arg>-Werror</arg>
-                    </compilerArgs>
-                    <fork>true</fork>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <!-- Pre-cache Angular templates with maven-angular-plugin -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.keithbranton.mojo</groupId>
@@ -139,94 +119,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- Automatically generate LICENSE and NOTICE -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>generate-license-files</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Assembly plugin - for easy distribution -->
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                    <descriptors>
-                        <descriptor>src/main/assembly/dist.xml</descriptor>
-                    </descriptors>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>make-dist-archive</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Copy dependencies prior to packaging -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>unpack-dependencies</id>
-                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
-                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.12</version>
-
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
-                        <exclude>src/licenses/**/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>src/main/resources/templates/*.html</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-
-                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>validate</id>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Explicitly use version 3.0.0-M1 of Maven surefire plugin (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SUREFIRE-1588) -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/extensions/pom.xml b/extensions/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d90a37080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
+                        http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
+    <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>1.3.0</version>
+    <name>extensions</name>
+    <url>http://guacamole.apache.org/</url>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.guacamole</groupId>
+        <artifactId>guacamole-client</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.0</version>
+        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modules>
+
+        <!-- Authentication extensions -->
+        <module>guacamole-auth-cas</module>
+        <module>guacamole-auth-duo</module>
+        <module>guacamole-auth-header</module>
+        <module>guacamole-auth-jdbc</module>
+        <module>guacamole-auth-json</module>
+        <module>guacamole-auth-ldap</module>
+        <module>guacamole-auth-openid</module>
+        <module>guacamole-auth-quickconnect</module>
+        <module>guacamole-auth-saml</module>
+        <module>guacamole-auth-totp</module>
+
+    </modules>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+
+            <!-- Copy dependencies prior to packaging -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy-runtime-dependencies</id>
+                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+                            <excludes>META-INF/*.SF,META-INF/*.DSA</excludes>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <!-- Automatically generate LICENSE and NOTICE -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>generate-license-files</id>
+                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+
+        <!-- Build extensions with LGPL-licensed dependencies only if explicitly requested -->
+        <profile>
+            <id>lgpl-extensions</id>
+            <modules>
+                <module>guacamole-auth-radius</module>
+            </modules>
+        </profile>
+
+    </profiles>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/guacamole-common-js/.ratignore b/guacamole-common-js/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/guacamole-common-js/pom.xml b/guacamole-common-js/pom.xml
index 4d5d7e045..c0dfc876c 100644
--- a/guacamole-common-js/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole-common-js/pom.xml
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@
 
     </scm>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
 
@@ -120,30 +116,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.12</version>
-
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-
-                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>validate</id>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
             <!-- Unit test using Jasmin and PhantomJS -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.github.searls</groupId>
diff --git a/guacamole-common/.ratignore b/guacamole-common/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/guacamole-common/pom.xml b/guacamole-common/pom.xml
index f4e175ead..eb5199713 100644
--- a/guacamole-common/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole-common/pom.xml
@@ -57,29 +57,9 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://git.wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/guacamole-client.git</connection>
     </scm>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
 
-            <!-- Written for 1.8 -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <compilerArgs>
-                        <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
-                        <arg>-Werror</arg>
-                    </compilerArgs>
-                    <fork>true</fork>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <!-- Attach source jar -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -113,32 +93,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.12</version>
-
-                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>validate</id>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Explicitly use version 3.0.0-M1 of Maven surefire plugin (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SUREFIRE-1588) -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/.ratignore b/guacamole-ext/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/pom.xml b/guacamole-ext/pom.xml
index bf6dee6fa..5d315421e 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole-ext/pom.xml
@@ -57,29 +57,9 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://git.wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/guacamole-client.git</connection>
     </scm>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
 
-            <!-- Written for Java 1.8 -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <compilerArgs>
-                        <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
-                        <arg>-Werror</arg>
-                    </compilerArgs>
-                    <fork>true</fork>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <!-- Attach source jar -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -113,38 +93,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.12</version>
-
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-
-                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>validate</id>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Explicitly use version 3.0.0-M1 of Maven surefire plugin (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SUREFIRE-1588) -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/guacamole/.ratignore b/guacamole/.ratignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/guacamole/pom.xml b/guacamole/pom.xml
index 728b81647..2b5f3994a 100644
--- a/guacamole/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole/pom.xml
@@ -57,29 +57,9 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://git.wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/guacamole-client.git</connection>
     </scm>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
 
-            <!-- Written for Java 1.8 -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <compilerArgs>
-                        <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
-                        <arg>-Werror</arg>
-                    </compilerArgs>
-                    <fork>true</fork>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <!-- Automatically generate LICENSE and NOTICE -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -219,33 +199,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.12</version>
-
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>src/main/webapp/app/*/templates/*.html</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
-                        <exclude>src/licenses/**/*</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-
-                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>validate</id>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47fc0393f..e42aa35e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,16 +65,7 @@
         <module>guacamole-common-js</module>
 
         <!-- Authentication extensions -->
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-cas</module>
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-duo</module>
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-header</module>
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc</module>
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-json</module>
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap</module>
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-openid</module>
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-quickconnect</module>
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-saml</module>
-        <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-totp</module>
+        <module>extensions</module>
 
         <!-- Example web applications using the Guacamole APIs -->
         <module>doc/guacamole-example</module>
@@ -82,15 +73,6 @@
 
     </modules>
 
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>lgpl-extensions</id>
-            <modules>
-                <module>extensions/guacamole-auth-radius</module>
-            </modules>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
 
@@ -98,31 +80,28 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.12</version>
-
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>.dockerignore</exclude>
-                        <exclude>CONTRIBUTING</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/README.md</exclude>
-                        <exclude>extensions/**/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
-                        <exclude>doc/licenses/*/**/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>doc/**/html/*.html</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-
-                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <version>0.13</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <id>validate-licenses</id>
                         <phase>validate</phase>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>check</goal>
                         </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <excludesFile>${basedir}/.ratignore</excludesFile>
+                            <excludes>
+                                <exclude>.dockerignore</exclude>
+                                <exclude>.ratignore</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/*.md</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/templates/*.html</exclude>
+                                <exclude>src/licenses/**/*</exclude>
+                                <exclude>target/**/*</exclude>
+                            </excludes>
+                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
-
             </plugin>
 
             <!-- Define a "rootlocation" property that can be used to reference
@@ -143,9 +122,36 @@
 
         </plugins>
 
-        <!-- Provide "generate-license-files" execution for convenience -->
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
+
+                <!-- Java code within guacamole-client is written to be
+                    compatible with Java 8 and should not produce ANY compiler
+                    warnings -->
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.8.1</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <source>1.8</source>
+                        <target>1.8</target>
+                        <compilerArgs>
+                            <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
+                            <arg>-Werror</arg>
+                        </compilerArgs>
+                        <fork>true</fork>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <source>8</source>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+
+                <!-- Provide "generate-license-files" execution for automatic
+                    generation of LICENSE and NOTICE files -->
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -167,6 +173,15 @@
                         </execution>
                     </executions>
                 </plugin>
+
+                <!-- Explicitly use latest version of Maven surefire plugin
+                    (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SUREFIRE-1588) -->
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
+                </plugin>
+
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
 
@@ -284,4 +299,40 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
+    <profiles>
+
+        <!-- Automatically build distribution archive if dist.xml assembly is present -->
+        <profile>
+            <id>build-dist-archive</id>
+            <activation>
+                <file><exists>src/main/assembly/dist.xml</exists></file>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.3.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>make-dist-archive</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+                                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                                    <descriptors>
+                                        <descriptor>src/main/assembly/dist.xml</descriptor>
+                                    </descriptors>
+                                </configuration>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>