diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This is Python version 2.1
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-Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Guido van Rossum.
+Copyright (c) 2001 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.