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@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ h1. License
 <pre>
 This software is licensed under the Apache 2 license, quoted below.
 
-Copyright 2009-2011 Shay Banon and ElasticSearch <http://www.elasticsearch.org>
+Copyright 2009-2012 Shay Banon and ElasticSearch <http://www.elasticsearch.org>
 
 Licensed 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