Reproduce the error:

• Remove the "final" statements from utils/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/util/Util.java  and make them like any other variable.
• Use the Util.WINDUP_BRAND_NAME_LONG inside org.jboss.windup.bootstrap.listener#beforeStart
• Build the windup project using "mvn install -Dskiptests"
• Build the windup-distribution project using "mvn install -Dskiptests". Here you will see the ClassNotFoundException

Here is a screenshot with the changes needed to reproduce the error:

In case it helps, here is the source of the screenshot image above: Here are the code changes needed to reproduce the error: https://github.com/windup/windup/compare/master...carlosthe19916:classNotFoundException-error