diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/HddsConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/HddsConfigKeys.java
index 040f08067d..dec2c1c44a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/HddsConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/HddsConfigKeys.java
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdds;
 
 public final class HddsConfigKeys {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/README.md b/hadoop-hdds/framework/README.md
index 59cdac71f3..0eda3f5edd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/README.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/README.md
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 # Server framework for HDDS/Ozone
 
-This project contains generic utilities and resources for all the HDDS/Ozone 
+This project contains generic utilities and resources for all the HDDS/Ozone
 server-side components.
 
-The project is shared between the server/service projects but not with the 
+The project is shared between the server/service projects but not with the
 client packages.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
index 959bf4dd31..c8d0797475 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
@@ -43,25 +43,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>.gitattributes</exclude>
-            <exclude>.idea/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/main/conf/*</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/main/webapps/static/angular-1.6.4.min.js</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/main/webapps/static/angular-nvd3-1.0.9.min.js</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/main/webapps/static/angular-route-1.6.4.min.js</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/main/webapps/static/d3-3.5.17.min.js</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/main/webapps/static/nvd3-1.8.5.min.css</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/main/webapps/static/nvd3-1.8.5.min.css.map</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/main/webapps/static/nvd3-1.8.5.min.js</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/main/webapps/static/nvd3-1.8.5.min.js.map</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/pom.xml
index f12d3be0af..c15c541b4e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,25 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>.gitattributes</exclude>
+            <exclude>.idea/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/main/resources/webapps/static/angular-1.6.4.min.js</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/main/resources/webapps/static/angular-nvd3-1.0.9.min.js</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/main/resources/webapps/static/angular-route-1.6.4.min.js</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/main/resources/webapps/static/d3-3.5.17.min.js</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/main/resources/webapps/static/nvd3-1.8.5.min.css</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/main/resources/webapps/static/nvd3-1.8.5.min.css.map</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/main/resources/webapps/static/nvd3-1.8.5.min.js</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/main/resources/webapps/static/nvd3-1.8.5.min.js.map</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml
index 28250fa028..acc6711d6c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-	 <hadoop.component>hdds</hadoop.component>
+    <hadoop.component>hdds</hadoop.component>
     <is.hadoop.component>true</is.hadoop.component>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/acceptance-test/README.md b/hadoop-ozone/acceptance-test/README.md
index 8907c840e4..07d10fbe9f 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/acceptance-test/README.md
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/acceptance-test/README.md
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ Typically you need a `mvn install -Phdsl,ozone-acceptance-test,dist -DskipTests`
 
 Notes:
 
- 1. You need a hadoop build in hadoop-dist/target directory.  
+ 1. You need a hadoop build in hadoop-dist/target directory.
  2. The `ozone-acceptance-test` could be activated with profile even if the unit tests are disabled.
 
- 
+
 ## Development
 
 You can run manually the robot tests with `robot` cli. (See robotframework docs to install it.)
 
  1. Go to the `src/test/robotframework`
  2. Execute `robot -v basedir:${PWD}/../../.. -v VERSION:3.2.0-SNAPSHOT .`
- 
+
 You can also use select just one test with -t `"*testnamefragment*"`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/acceptance-test/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/acceptance-test/pom.xml
index 6100bebfc0..b4b24d5e39 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/acceptance-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/acceptance-test/pom.xml
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
                     <variable>version:${project.version}</variable>
                     <variable>basedir:${project.basedir}</variable>
                   </variables>
-						<skip>false</skip>
-						<skipTests>false</skipTests>
+                  <skip>false</skip>
+                  <skipTests>false</skipTests>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
index e92b288fcf..566744441f 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <excludes>
+            <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>acceptance-test/hadoop-ozone-acceptance-test.iml</exclude>
             <exclude>.gitattributes</exclude>
             <exclude>.idea/**</exclude>
             <exclude>dev-support/checkstyle*</exclude>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkDatanodeDispatcher.java b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkDatanodeDispatcher.java
index b78347c392..468fee55ea 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkDatanodeDispatcher.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkDatanodeDispatcher.java
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.genesis;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkMetadataStoreReads.java b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkMetadataStoreReads.java
index a5ab245222..fc3dbcb230 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkMetadataStoreReads.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkMetadataStoreReads.java
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.genesis;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkMetadataStoreWrites.java b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkMetadataStoreWrites.java
index 498801b343..f496a7d514 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkMetadataStoreWrites.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkMetadataStoreWrites.java
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.genesis;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/GenesisUtil.java b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/GenesisUtil.java
index 8e41ef54c5..611b62dfb0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/GenesisUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/GenesisUtil.java
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.genesis;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e6c3f9377..0e7b23a2e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
             <exclude>**/build/**</exclude>
             <exclude>**/patchprocess/**</exclude>
             <exclude>**/*.js</exclude>
-            <exclude>hadoop-hdds/**/nvd3-*</exclude>
+            <exclude>hadoop-hdds/**/</exclude>
+            <exclude>hadoop-ozone/**/</exclude>
          </excludes>
        </configuration>
       </plugin>