Index: jackrabbit-core/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-core/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-core/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@
           <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>src/main/javadoc/**/*.uxf</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/test/repository/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/**/*.txt</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/**/*.cnd</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
     <resources>
       <resource>
Index: jackrabbit-parent/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-parent/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-parent/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@
           <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
 
     <pluginManagement>
Index: jackrabbit-classloader/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-classloader/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-classloader/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/*.txt</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
Index: jackrabbit-jcr-rmi/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-jcr-rmi/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-jcr-rmi/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@
           </instructions>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>src/main/javadoc/**/*.uxf</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
Index: jackrabbit-spi-commons/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-spi-commons/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-spi-commons/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>src/main/javacc/xpath/*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
Index: jackrabbit-webdav/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-webdav/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-webdav/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@
           <argLine>-Xmx128m -enableassertions</argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>TODO>txt</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
Index: jackrabbit-spi2jcr/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-spi2jcr/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-spi2jcr/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@
           </systemProperties>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/jaas.config</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/testdata.xml</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   
Index: jackrabbit-jcr-tests/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-jcr-tests/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-jcr-tests/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -46,6 +46,21 @@
     <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jackrabbit/trunk/jackrabbit-jcr-tests</url>
   </scm>
 
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>**/nodetype/spec/*.txt</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.jcr</groupId>
Index: jackrabbit-webapp/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-webapp/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-webapp/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/log4j.dtd</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
Index: jackrabbit-text-extractors/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-text-extractors/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-text-extractors/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@
     <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jackrabbit/trunk/jackrabbit-text-extractors</url>
   </scm>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>**/*.rtf</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
Index: jackrabbit-jcr-server/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-jcr-server/pom.xml	(revision 746604)
+++ jackrabbit-jcr-server/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@
           <argLine>-Xmx128m -enableassertions</argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>src/main/java/**/todo.txt</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>