diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index ae1eb66..b762a90 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -89,21 +89,11 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+            <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/licenses/LICENSE b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/licenses/LICENSE
index c4c3eea..a6261fd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/licenses/LICENSE
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/licenses/LICENSE
@@ -209,49 +209,6 @@
    subcomponents is subject to the terms and condition of the following
    licenses.
 
-   Components under Apache License 2.0 are as follows:
-
-     - HttpClient (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client)
-       lib/httpclient-4.3.jar
-     - HttpCore (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-ga)
-       lib/httpcore-4.3.jar
-     - Jetty :: Continuation (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-continuation)
-       lib/jetty-continuation-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Http Utility (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-http)
-       lib/jetty-http-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: IO Utility (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-io)
-       lib/jetty-io-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Security (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-security)
-       lib/jetty-security-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Server Core (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty)
-       lib/jetty-server-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Servlet Handling (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-servlet)
-       lib/jetty-servlet-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Utilities (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-util)
-       lib/jetty-util-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Webapp Application Support (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-webapp)
-       lib/jetty-webapp-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: XML utilities (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-xml)
-       lib/jetty-xml-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Servlet API (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-parent/servlet-api)
-       lib/servlet-api-3.0.20100224.jar
-     - Wicket Core (http://wicket.apache.org/wicket-core/wicket-core)
-       lib/wicket-core-1.5.2.jar
-     - Wicket Request (http://maven.apache.org)
-       lib/wicket-request-1.5.2.jar
-     - Wicket Util (http://maven.apache.org)
-       lib/wicket-util-1.5.2.jar
-     - Apache Commons Codec (http://commons.apache.org/codec/commons-codec)
-       lib/commons-codec-1.4.jar
-     - Commons IO (http://commons.apache.org/io/)
-       lib/commons-io-2.4.jar
-     - Apache Commons Logging (http://commons.apache.org/logging)
-       lib/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
-     - Commons Lang (http://commons.apache.org/lang/)
-       lib/commons-lang3-3.1.jar
-     - Cglib
-       contained within lib/mockitio-all-2.0.2-beta.jar
-
    ===
 
    Component(s):
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/licenses/NOTICE b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/licenses/NOTICE
index 7a9806d..d1eb94b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/licenses/NOTICE
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/licenses/NOTICE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Apache AsterixDB
+Apache AsterixDB Hyracks B-Tree Example Client
 Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 This product includes software developed at
@@ -6,46 +6,6 @@
 
 AsterixDB utilizes many libraries, which come with the following applicable NOTICE(s):
 
- - lib/hyracks-api-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-api
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-dataflow-common-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-dataflow-common
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-dataflow-std-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-dataflow-std
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-storage-am-btree-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-storage-am-btree
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-storage-am-common-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-storage-am-common
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-storage-common-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-storage-common
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-data-std-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-data-std
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-ipc-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-ipc
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
  - lib/mockito-all-2.0.2-beta.jar
 
     Mockito license - MIT.
@@ -59,3 +19,23 @@
 
     Objenesis - MIT license
     Hamcrest - BSD license
+
+ - lib/httpclient-4.3.jar
+
+    Apache HttpClient
+    Copyright 1999-2013 The Apache Software Foundation
+
+    This product includes software developed at
+    The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
+
+- lib/httpcore-4.3.jar
+
+    Apache HttpCore
+    Copyright 2005-2013 The Apache Software Foundation
+
+    This product includes software developed at
+    The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
+
+
+    This project contains annotations derived from JCIP-ANNOTATIONS
+    Copyright (c) 2005 Brian Goetz and Tim Peierls. See http://www.jcip.net
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
index 121a2ec..2fbe0d9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
           <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+      <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+      </configuration>
+    </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
index 92f1918..fb41891 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
@@ -64,21 +64,11 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+            <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/licenses/LICENSE b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/licenses/LICENSE
index 88410b6..af8d738 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/licenses/LICENSE
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/licenses/LICENSE
@@ -209,47 +209,6 @@
    subcomponents is subject to the terms and condition of the following
    licenses.
 
-   Components under Apache License 2.0 are as follows:
-
-     - HttpClient (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client)
-       lib/httpclient-4.3.jar
-     - HttpCore (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-ga)
-       lib/httpcore-4.3.jar
-     - Jetty :: Continuation (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-continuation)
-       lib/jetty-continuation-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Http Utility (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-http)
-       lib/jetty-http-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: IO Utility (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-io)
-       lib/jetty-io-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Security (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-security)
-       lib/jetty-security-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Server Core (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty)
-       lib/jetty-server-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Servlet Handling (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-servlet)
-       lib/jetty-servlet-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Utilities (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-util)
-       lib/jetty-util-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: Webapp Application Support (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-webapp)
-       lib/jetty-webapp-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Jetty :: XML utilities (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-xml)
-       lib/jetty-xml-8.0.0.RC0.jar
-     - Servlet API (http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/jetty-parent/servlet-api)
-       lib/servlet-api-3.0.20100224.jar
-     - Wicket Core (http://wicket.apache.org/wicket-core/wicket-core)
-       lib/wicket-core-1.5.2.jar
-     - Wicket Request (http://maven.apache.org)
-       lib/wicket-request-1.5.2.jar
-     - Wicket Util (http://maven.apache.org)
-       lib/wicket-util-1.5.2.jar
-     - Apache Commons Codec (http://commons.apache.org/codec/commons-codec)
-       lib/commons-codec-1.4.jar
-     - Commons IO (http://commons.apache.org/io/)
-       lib/commons-io-2.4.jar
-     - Apache Commons Logging (http://commons.apache.org/logging)
-       lib/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
-     - Commons Lang (http://commons.apache.org/lang/)
-       lib/commons-lang3-3.1.jar
-
    ===
 
    Component(s):
@@ -399,7 +358,7 @@
    Component(s):
 
    - JUnit (http://junit.org)
-     lib/junit-4.11.jar
+     lib/junit-4.8.1.jar
 
    Are available under the CPL 1.0:
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/licenses/NOTICE b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/licenses/NOTICE
index e482955..7786c08 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/licenses/NOTICE
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/licenses/NOTICE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Apache AsterixDB
+Apache AsterixDB Hyracks B-Tree Example Server
 Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 This product includes software developed at
@@ -6,80 +6,6 @@
 
 AsterixDB utilizes many libraries, which come with the following applicable NOTICE(s):
 
- - lib/hyracks-api-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-api
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-comm-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-comm
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-control-cc-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-control-cc
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-control-common-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-control-common
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-control-nc-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-control-nc
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-control-cc-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-control-cc
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-ipc-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-ipc
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-net-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-net
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-dataflow-common-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-dataflow-common
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-dataflow-std-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-dataflow-std
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-storage-am-btree-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-storage-am-btree
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-storage-am-common-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-storage-am-common
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-storage-common-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-storage-common
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-data-std-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-data-std
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
-
- - lib/hyracks-util-0.2.17-incubating.jar
-
-    hyracks-util
-    Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation
 
  - lib/mockito-all-2.0.2-beta.jar
 
@@ -133,3 +59,29 @@
 
     Wicket Util
     Copyright 2006-2011 Apache Software Foundation
+
+ - lib/httpclient-4.3.jar
+
+    Apache HttpClient
+    Copyright 1999-2013 The Apache Software Foundation
+
+    This product includes software developed at
+    The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
+
+- lib/httpcore-4.3.jar
+
+    Apache HttpCore
+    Copyright 2005-2013 The Apache Software Foundation
+
+    This product includes software developed at
+    The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
+
+
+    This project contains annotations derived from JCIP-ANNOTATIONS
+    Copyright (c) 2005 Brian Goetz and Tim Peierls. See http://www.jcip.net
+
+- lib/commons-logging-1.1.1..jar
+
+    Commons Logging
+    Copyright 2001-2007 The Apache Software Foundation
+