welcome to 2009, Python!
diff --git a/Doc/license.rst b/Doc/license.rst
index a1742e5..ed7dc3f 100644
--- a/Doc/license.rst
+++ b/Doc/license.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
    analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works,
    distribute, and otherwise use Python |release| alone or in any derivative
    version, provided, however, that PSF's License Agreement and PSF's notice of
-   copyright, i.e., "Copyright © 2001-2008 Python Software Foundation; All Rights
+   copyright, i.e., "Copyright © 2001-2009 Python Software Foundation; All Rights
    Reserved" are retained in Python |release| alone or in any derivative version
    prepared by Licensee.
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 69acaeb..0f72a61 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -88,15 +88,14 @@
 otherwise using this software ("Python") in source or binary form and
 its associated documentation.
 
-2. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, PSF
-hereby grants Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide
-license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly,
-prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python
-alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that PSF's
-License Agreement and PSF's notice of copyright, i.e., "Copyright (c)
-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Python Software Foundation; 
-All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any derivative 
-version prepared by Licensee.
+2. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, PSF hereby
+grants Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce,
+analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works,
+distribute, and otherwise use Python alone or in any derivative version,
+provided, however, that PSF's License Agreement and PSF's notice of copyright,
+i.e., "Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Python
+Software Foundation; All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any
+derivative version prepared by Licensee.
 
 3. In the event Licensee prepares a derivative work that is based on
 or incorporates Python or any part thereof, and wants to make
diff --git a/Python/getcopyright.c b/Python/getcopyright.c
index df70e8b..8864cdb 100644
--- a/Python/getcopyright.c
+++ b/Python/getcopyright.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 static char cprt[] = 
 "\
-Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Python Software Foundation.\n\
+Copyright (c) 2001-2009 Python Software Foundation.\n\
 All Rights Reserved.\n\
 \n\
 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.\n\
diff --git a/README b/README
index 8a24ef9..ba971ea 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This is Python version 2.7 alpha 0
 ==================================
 
-Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.