diff --git a/create-release-candidate-only-artifacts.sh b/create-release-candidate-only-artifacts.sh
index 5ec72198f0..c94d49d006 100644
--- a/create-release-candidate-only-artifacts.sh
+++ b/create-release-candidate-only-artifacts.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# 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
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #Get Maven POM version
diff --git a/create-release-candidate.sh b/create-release-candidate.sh
index 108682e758..0fb5605c7a 100644
--- a/create-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/create-release-candidate.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# 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
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+
 #!/bin/sh
 releasecandidatetag=$1
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 94729679c3..fd5656b4e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@
                    <exclude>dist-license/DEPENDENCIES.txt</exclude>
                    <exclude>site/tmp/font/**</exclude>
                    <exclude>apache-manifoldcf-*/**</exclude>
+                   <exclude>src/main/docker/JDK-11/*.md</exclude>
+                   <exclude>src/main/docker/JDK-8/*.md</exclude>
+                   <exclude>src/main/docker/JDK-7/*.md</exclude>
+                   <exclude>src/main/docker/JDK-6/*.md</exclude>
+                   <exclude>src/main/docker/JDK-5/*.md</exclude>
               </excludes>
          </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/sign-release-artifacts.sh b/sign-release-artifacts.sh
index 2e2d2049fa..7bbd138b3f 100755
--- a/sign-release-artifacts.sh
+++ b/sign-release-artifacts.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# 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
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+
 #!/bin/sh
 gpg_local_user=$1
 mcf_version=$2