diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index ecc8005cc..6128bb421 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -31,6 +31,79 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 Licenses for incorporated software
 ==================================
 
+The included smartypants module, included as sphinx.util.smartypants,
+is available under the following license:
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+SmartyPants_ license::
+
+    Copyright (c) 2003 John Gruber
+    (http://daringfireball.net/)
+    All rights reserved.
+
+    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+    are met:
+
+    *   Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    *   Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+        disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+        provided with the distribution.
+
+    *   Neither the name "SmartyPants" nor the names of its
+        contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
+        derived from this software without specific prior written
+        permission.
+
+    This software is provided by the copyright holders and
+    contributors "as is" and any express or implied warranties,
+    including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
+    merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are
+    disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright owner or contributors
+    be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special,
+    exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited
+    to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use,
+    data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on
+    any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or
+    tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of
+    the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of
+    such damage.
+
+
+smartypants.py license::
+
+    smartypants.py is a derivative work of SmartyPants.
+
+    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+    are met:
+
+    *   Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    *   Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+        disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+        provided with the distribution.
+
+    This software is provided by the copyright holders and
+    contributors "as is" and any express or implied warranties,
+    including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
+    merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are
+    disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright owner or contributors
+    be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special,
+    exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited
+    to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use,
+    data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on
+    any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or
+    tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of
+    the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of
+    such damage.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 The ElementTree package, included in this distribution in
 test/etree13, is available under the following license:
 
diff --git a/sphinx-build.py b/sphinx-build.py
index 4e2a868d9..c1998911d 100755
--- a/sphinx-build.py
+++ b/sphinx-build.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     Sphinx - Python documentation toolchain
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-    :copyright: 2007-2008 by Georg Brandl.
-    :license: BSD.
+    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2009 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
 """
 
 import sys
diff --git a/sphinx-quickstart.py b/sphinx-quickstart.py
index 579b35587..ea55f8341 100755
--- a/sphinx-quickstart.py
+++ b/sphinx-quickstart.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     Sphinx - Python documentation toolchain
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-    :copyright: 2008 by Georg Brandl.
-    :license: BSD.
+    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2009 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
 """
 
 import sys
diff --git a/sphinx/setup_command.py b/sphinx/setup_command.py
index 3eee30351..c874bdd4c 100644
--- a/sphinx/setup_command.py
+++ b/sphinx/setup_command.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     :author: Sebastian Wiesner
     :contact: basti.wiesner@gmx.net
     :copyright: Copyright 2007-2009 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
-    :license: MIT.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
 """
 
 import sys
diff --git a/utils/check_sources.py b/utils/check_sources.py
index 0f834fcab..c244d9c0e 100755
--- a/utils/check_sources.py
+++ b/utils/check_sources.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     Make sure each Python file has a correct file header
     including copyright and license information.
 
-    :copyright: 2006-2008 by Georg Brandl.
+    :copyright: Copyright 2006-2009 by Georg Brandl.
     :license: GNU GPL, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def checker(*suffixes, **kwds):
 
 
 name_mail_re = r'[\w ]+(<.*?>)?'
-copyright_re = re.compile(r'^    :copyright: 200\d(-200\d)? by %s(, %s)*[,.]$' %
+copyright_re = re.compile(r'^    :copyright: Copyright 200\d(-200\d)?'
+                          r'by %s(, %s)*[,.]$' %
                           (name_mail_re, name_mail_re))
 license_re = re.compile(r"    :license: (.*?).\n")
 copyright_2_re = re.compile(r'^                %s(, %s)*[,.]$' %