Merge pull request #445 from msweaver/4.0_integration

Updating maven version for 4.0.1-RC1 tag.
corrected dependencies to allow for multi-threaded build
updated plugin dependency
add mysql jar to dist
Merge pull request #446 from bhumphrey/4.0.1-RC1

Build fixes
Merge pull request #447 from msweaver/4.0_integration

Fix for npi namespace issues found in 4.0.1-RC1.