exclude these files from rat
diff --git a/flex-installer/ApproveInstaller.xml b/flex-installer/ApproveInstaller.xml
index 4e955fa..8698ccf 100644
--- a/flex-installer/ApproveInstaller.xml
+++ b/flex-installer/ApproveInstaller.xml
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@
                 <exclude name="**/*.mp3"/>
                 <exclude name="**/*.flv"/>
                 <exclude name="build.number"/>
+                <exclude name="CONTRIBUTING"/>
+                <exclude name="CONTRIBUTORS"/>
             </fileset>
         </rat:report>
 		<antcall target="display-text" >
diff --git a/flex-installer/build.xml b/flex-installer/build.xml
index b39a18d..24b932f 100644
--- a/flex-installer/build.xml
+++ b/flex-installer/build.xml
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@
                 <exclude name="**/.settings/**"/>
                 <exclude name="**/.idea/**"/>
                 <exclude name="**/*.iml"/>
+                <exclude name="CONTRIBUTING"/>
+                <exclude name="CONTRIBUTORS"/>
                 <!--          End of source files           -->
                 <!--          Start of binary files           -->
                 <!-- exclude media (png, ico) -->