turn off strict javadoc linting
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5126eae..e795778 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+    <version>2.9</version>
+    <executions>
+        <execution>
+            <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+            <goals>
+                <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+                <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+            </configuration>
+        </execution>
+    </executions>
+</plugin>
+			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
 				<artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>