Forward-port apache#19972 to master.

rat-excludes

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # The following commands can be used to run a Apache RAT check locally - 
 
 # Docker based 1-click-method:
-# ci/build.py -p ubuntu_cpu test_rat_check
+# ci/build.py -p ubuntu_cpu /work/runtime_functions.sh test_rat_check
 
 # You can also manually download Apache RAT. For installation on Ubuntu:
 # sudo apt-get install maven -y #>/dev/null

tools/create_source_archive.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# 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.
+
+set -e
+
+MXNET_TAG=$1
+CMD=$(basename $0)
+
+if [[ -z "$MXNET_TAG" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $CMD <tag>"
+    echo "  where <tag> is the git tag you want to build a release for."
+    echo ""
+    echo "  example: $CMD 1.8.0.rc3"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+TAR=tar
+if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
+    TAR=gtar
+fi
+
+# make sure gnu tar is installed
+which $TAR > /dev/null
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "It looks like you don't have GNU tar installed."
+    echo ""
+    echo "For OSX users, please install gnu-tar using the command 'brew install gnu-tar'"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+SRCDIR=apache-mxnet-src-$MXNET_TAG-incubating
+TARBALL=$SRCDIR.tar.gz
+
+# clone the repo and checkout the tag
+echo "Cloning the MXNet repository..."
+git clone -b $MXNET_TAG --depth 1 --recurse-submodules \
+	--shallow-submodules https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet.git \
+	$SRCDIR
+pushd $SRCDIR
+
+#### IMPORTANT ####
+# Remove artifacts which do not comply with the Apache Licensing Policy
+echo "Removing unwanted artifacts..."
+for d in $(cat tools/source-exclude-artifacts.txt | grep -v "^#"); do
+	if [[ -e $d ]]; then
+		echo "Removing $d from source archive..."
+		rm -rf $d
+	fi
+done
+
+# Remove lines from LICENSE file for artifacts removed from source tree
+echo "Removing lines from LICENSE for artifacts removed from source archive..."
+for d in $(cat tools/source-exclude-artifacts.txt | grep -v "^#"); do
+        line=$(grep "$d" LICENSE)
+        if [[ $? -eq 0 && ! -z "$line" ]]; then
+                echo "Removing line from LICENSE: $line"
+                cat LICENSE | grep -v "$d" > LICENSE.new
+                mv -f LICENSE.new LICENSE
+        fi
+done
+
+# Remove other artifacts we do not want contained in the source archive
+rm -rf .DS_Store
+rm -rf CODEOWNERS
+rm -rf .github
+
+# make sure all files referenced in LICENSE file still exist
+echo "Making sure all paths referenced in LICENSE file exist..."
+for f in $(cat LICENSE | grep "^\s*[0-9A-Za-z]*/[0-9A-Za-z]*" | awk '{print $1}'); do
+	echo "Checking if $f exists in source..."
+	if [[ ! -e $f ]]; then
+		echo -n "ERROR: Path $f is referenced in LICENSE file, but is not present "
+	        echo "in source directory. Please update the LICENSE file."
+		exit -1
+	fi
+done
+
+# run Apache RAT license checker to verify all source files are compliant
+echo "Running Apache RAT License Checker..."
+ci/build.py -p ubuntu_cpu /work/runtime_functions.sh test_rat_check
+
+
+popd
+
+echo "Creating tarball $TARBALL..."
+$TAR --exclude-vcs -czf $TARBALL $SRCDIR
+
+# sign the release tarball and create checksum file
+gpg --armor --output $TARBALL.asc --detach-sig $TARBALL
+shasum -a 512 $TARBALL > $TARBALL.sha512
+

tools/source-exclude-artifacts.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# 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.
+
+# NOTE:
+# This is a list of artifacts in the repository that should
+#  not be included in source release archives due to licensing
+#  restrictions.
+
+3rdparty/mkldnn/doc