diff --git a/ejb-in-ear/ear/pom.xml b/ejb-in-ear/ear/pom.xml
index ea9cb40fda..31da824238 100644
--- a/ejb-in-ear/ear/pom.xml
+++ b/ejb-in-ear/ear/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
     <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: EJB and War in an Ear - EAR</name>
     <description>JBoss AS Quickstarts: EJB and WAR in an EAR - EAR</description>
 
+    <licenses>
+       <license>
+          <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+          <distribution>repo</distribution>
+          <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+       </license>
+    </licenses>
+
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.as.quickstarts</groupId>
         <artifactId>jboss-as-ejb-in-ear</artifactId>
diff --git a/ejb-in-ear/ejb/pom.xml b/ejb-in-ear/ejb/pom.xml
index 47326841e1..92f5422096 100644
--- a/ejb-in-ear/ejb/pom.xml
+++ b/ejb-in-ear/ejb/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@
     <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: EJB and War in an Ear - EJB</name>
     <description>JBoss AS Quickstarts: EJB and War in an Ear - EJB</description>
 
+    <licenses>
+       <license>
+          <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+          <distribution>repo</distribution>
+          <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+       </license>
+    </licenses>
+   
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.as.quickstarts</groupId>
         <artifactId>jboss-as-ejb-in-ear</artifactId>
diff --git a/ejb-in-ear/web/pom.xml b/ejb-in-ear/web/pom.xml
index e964abefb5..418768e3ee 100644
--- a/ejb-in-ear/web/pom.xml
+++ b/ejb-in-ear/web/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
     <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: EJB and War in an Ear - WEB</name>
     <description>JBoss AS Quickstarts: EJB and War in an Ear - WEB</description>
 
+    <licenses>
+       <license>
+          <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+          <distribution>repo</distribution>
+          <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+       </license>
+    </licenses>
+   
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.as.quickstarts</groupId>
         <artifactId>jboss-as-ejb-in-ear</artifactId>
diff --git a/helloworld-jms/pom.xml b/helloworld-jms/pom.xml
index c0e7e7088c..f84f652150 100644
--- a/helloworld-jms/pom.xml
+++ b/helloworld-jms/pom.xml
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@
    <artifactId>jboss-as-helloworld-jms</artifactId>
    <version>7.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-   <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: Helloworld JMS external producer/consumer client</name>
-
+   <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: helloworld-jms</name>
+   <description>helloworld-jms: Helloworld JMS external producer/consumer client </description>
+   
    <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
    <licenses>
       <license>
-         <name>GNU Lesser General Public License</name>
-         <url>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html</url>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
          <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
       </license>
    </licenses>
 
diff --git a/helloworld-mdb/pom.xml b/helloworld-mdb/pom.xml
index 64f7a09133..7ef3e10bb7 100644
--- a/helloworld-mdb/pom.xml
+++ b/helloworld-mdb/pom.xml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 
 	<url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
 	<licenses>
-		<license>
-			<name>GNU Lesser General Public License</name>
-			<url>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html</url>
-			<distribution>repo</distribution>
-		</license>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
 	</licenses>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/helloworld-singleton/pom.xml b/helloworld-singleton/pom.xml
index 74d26dcb86..b9786df51c 100644
--- a/helloworld-singleton/pom.xml
+++ b/helloworld-singleton/pom.xml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 
 	<url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
 	<licenses>
-		<license>
-			<name>GNU Lesser General Public License</name>
-			<url>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html</url>
-			<distribution>repo</distribution>
-		</license>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
 	</licenses>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/hibernate4/pom.xml b/hibernate4/pom.xml
index 02c253cb87..aed4184647 100644
--- a/hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,16 @@
    <artifactId>jboss-as-hibernate4</artifactId>
    <version>7.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
-   <name>Java EE 6 webapp project</name>
-   <description>A starter Java EE 6 webapp project for use on JBoss AS 7 / EAP 6, generated from the jboss-javaee6-webapp archetype</description>
+   <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: hibernate4</name>
+   <description>hibernate4: Application that uses Hibernate 4</description>
+
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
 
    <properties>
       <!-- Explicitly declaring the source encoding eliminates the following 
diff --git a/jax-rs-client/pom.xml b/jax-rs-client/pom.xml
index f766610ebb..d527b087e8 100644
--- a/jax-rs-client/pom.xml
+++ b/jax-rs-client/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@
 	<groupId>org.jboss.as.quickstarts</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jax-rs-client</artifactId>
 	<version>1.0</version>
-	<name>JBoss AS Quickstarts:  jax-rs-client</name>
-
+	<name>JBoss AS Quickstarts:jax-rs-client</name>
+  <description>jax-rs-client: Demonstrates the use an external JAX-RS RestEasy client</description>
+  
 	<url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Explicitly declaring the source encoding eliminates the following 
diff --git a/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-ear/pom.xml b/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-ear/pom.xml
index 2282aa0e26..55e0e44ad2 100644
--- a/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-ear/pom.xml
+++ b/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-ear/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
 
    <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: Kitchensink EAR: EAR Module</name>
 
+   <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
+
    <dependencies>
 
       <!-- Depend on the ejb module and war so that we can package them -->
diff --git a/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-ejb/pom.xml b/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-ejb/pom.xml
index 60c3420e49..9c5c5df303 100644
--- a/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-ejb/pom.xml
+++ b/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-ejb/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
 
    <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: Kitchensink EAR: EJB Module</name>
 
+   <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
+
    <dependencies>
 
       <!-- Declare the APIs we depend on and need for compilation. All of 
diff --git a/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-web/pom.xml b/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-web/pom.xml
index 576f1d02a7..7b042c34b6 100644
--- a/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-web/pom.xml
+++ b/kitchensink-ear/jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-web/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
 
    <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: Kitchensink EAR: WAR Module</name>
 
+   <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
+
    <dependencies>
 
       <!-- Dependency on the EJB module so we can use it's services if needed -->
diff --git a/kitchensink-ear/pom.xml b/kitchensink-ear/pom.xml
index fc13676514..8f3252ffb8 100644
--- a/kitchensink-ear/pom.xml
+++ b/kitchensink-ear/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: Kitchensink EAR</name>
 
+   <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
+
    <modules>
       <module>jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-ejb</module>
       <module>jboss-as-kitchensink-ear-web</module>
diff --git a/kitchensink-jsp/pom.xml b/kitchensink-jsp/pom.xml
index fbca5cb4f1..93ddeaaf49 100644
--- a/kitchensink-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/kitchensink-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,20 @@
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
    <groupId>org.jboss.as.kitchensink-jsp</groupId>
+   <artifactId>jboss-as-kitchensink-jsp</artifactId>
    <version>7.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
-   <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: Kitchensink with JSP front end</name>
+   <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: kitchensink-jsp</name>
+   <description>kitchensink-jsp: Kitchensink with JSP front end</description>
+
+   <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
 
    <properties>
       <!-- Explicitly declaring the source encoding eliminates the following 
@@ -259,9 +270,5 @@
             </plugins>
          </build>
       </profile>
-
    </profiles>
-   <description>JBoss AS Quickstarts:  kitchensink JSP</description>
-   <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
-   <artifactId>jboss-as-kitchensink-jsp</artifactId>
 </project>
diff --git a/kitchensink/pom.xml b/kitchensink/pom.xml
index b0efdffc19..507c49395d 100644
--- a/kitchensink/pom.xml
+++ b/kitchensink/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
    <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: kitchensink</name>
    <description>A starter Java EE 6 webapp project for use on JBoss AS 7 / EAP 6, generated from the jboss-javaee6-webapp archetype</description>
 
+   <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
+
    <properties>
       <!-- Explicitly declaring the source encoding eliminates the following 
          message: -->
diff --git a/tasks/pom.xml b/tasks/pom.xml
index 7b1a2d1aa1..e3c71c411c 100644
--- a/tasks/pom.xml
+++ b/tasks/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
     <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: Tasks</name>
     <description>JBoss AS Quickstarts: Tasks</description>
 
+   <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
+
     <properties>
         <!-- Explicitly declaring the source encoding eliminates the following
             message: -->
diff --git a/template/pom.xml b/template/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77f2abdb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<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.jboss.as.quickstarts</groupId>
+   <artifactId>jboss-as-greeter</artifactId>
+   <version>7.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <packaging>war</packaging>
+   <name>JBoss AS Quickstarts: QUICKSTART_NAME</name>
+   <description>QUICKSTART_NAME: A short description of this quickstart</description>
+
+   <url>http://jboss.org/jbossas</url>
+   <licenses>
+      <license>
+         <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+         <distribution>repo</distribution>
+         <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      </license>
+   </licenses>
+
+   <properties>
+      <!-- Explicitly declaring the source encoding eliminates the following 
+         message: -->
+      <!-- [WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered 
+         resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! -->
+      <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+   </properties>
+
+   <dependencyManagement>
+      <dependencies>
+         <!-- Define the version of JBoss' Java EE 6 APIs we want to import. 
+            Any dependencies from org.jboss.spec will have their version defined by this 
+            BOM -->
+         <!-- JBoss distributes a complete set of Java EE 6 APIs including
+            a Bill of Materials (BOM). A BOM specifies the versions of a "stack" (or
+            a collection) of artifacts. We use this here so that we always get the correct
+            versions of artifacts. Here we use the jboss-javaee-6.0 stack (you can
+            read this as the JBoss stack of the Java EE 6 APIs). You can actually
+            use this stack with any version of JBoss AS that implements Java EE 6, not
+            just JBoss AS 7! -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.spec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jboss-javaee-6.0</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.0.Beta1</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+         </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+   </dependencyManagement>
+
+   <dependencies>
+
+      <!-- Import the CDI API, we use provided scope as the API is included 
+         in JBoss AS 7 -->
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
+         <artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- Import the Common Annotations API (JSR-250), we use provided scope 
+         as the API is included in JBoss AS 7 -->
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.annotation</groupId>
+         <artifactId>jboss-annotations-api_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- Import the JSF API, we use provided scope as the API is included 
+         in JBoss AS 7 -->
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.faces</groupId>
+         <artifactId>jboss-jsf-api_2.0_spec</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- Import the JPA API, we use provided scope as the API is included 
+         in JBoss AS 7 -->
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
+         <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- Import the JPA API, we use provided scope as the API is included 
+         in JBoss AS 7 -->
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction</groupId>
+         <artifactId>jboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- Import the EJB API, we use provided scope as the API is included 
+         in JBoss AS 7 -->
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.ejb</groupId>
+         <artifactId>jboss-ejb-api_3.1_spec</artifactId>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+   </dependencies>
+
+   <build>
+      <!-- Set the name of the war, used as the context root when the app 
+         is deployed -->
+      <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
+      <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <configuration>
+               <!-- Java EE 6 doesn't require web.xml, Maven needs to catch 
+                  up! -->
+               <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
+         <!-- JBoss AS plugin to deploy war -->
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.as.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jboss-as-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>7.1.0.Final</version>
+         </plugin>
+         <!-- Compiler plugin enforces Java 1.6 compatibility and activates 
+            annotation processors -->
+         <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <configuration>
+               <source>1.6</source>
+               <target>1.6</target>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+   </build>
+
+</project>
+