diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/Sample.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/Sample.java
index 08222239e02b707fa60c76eb6fcb6dbbf9e71e64..9c61a2fb4764f99b0d8c2bc9544d1c67deea21df 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/Sample.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/Sample.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka
- * Copyright (c) 1997--2012, The R Core Team
- * Copyright (c) 2003--2008, The R Foundation
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013, Purdue University
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates
+ * Copyright (c) 1997-2012, The R Core Team
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008, The R Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Purdue University
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates
  *
  * All rights reserved.
  */
diff --git a/mx.fastr/copyrights/gnu_r_sample.copyright.star b/mx.fastr/copyrights/gnu_r_sample.copyright.star
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0651f93088f566bdd43e2039c978b5ae18de6015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mx.fastr/copyrights/gnu_r_sample.copyright.star
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * This material is distributed under the GNU General Public License
+ * Version 2. You may review the terms of this license at
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka
+ * Copyright (c) 1997-2012, The R Core Team
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008, The R Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2014, Purdue University
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ */
diff --git a/mx.fastr/copyrights/gnu_r_sample.copyright.star.regex b/mx.fastr/copyrights/gnu_r_sample.copyright.star.regex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..38b61038f1bd2b218339c8a40259d59696675bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mx.fastr/copyrights/gnu_r_sample.copyright.star.regex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/\*\n \* This material is distributed under the GNU General Public License\n \* Version 2. You may review the terms of this license at\n \* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html\n \*\n \* Copyright \(c\) 1995, 1996, Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka\n \* Copyright \(c\) 1997-2012, The R Core Team\n \* Copyright \(c\) 2003-2008, The R Foundation\n \* Copyright \(c\) (?:(20[0-9][0-9]), )?(20[0-9][0-9]), Purdue University\n \* Copyright \(c\) (?:(20[0-9][0-9]), )?(20[0-9][0-9]), Oracle and/or its affiliates\n \*\n \* All rights reserved.\n \*/\n.*
diff --git a/mx.fastr/copyrights/overrides b/mx.fastr/copyrights/overrides
index 4233cd65d4ca9d667aa60940d29caaa18363ced3..fd7a025fd2b97acb3e2715efe257597cd15e11a9 100644
--- a/mx.fastr/copyrights/overrides
+++ b/mx.fastr/copyrights/overrides
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/Prod.java
 com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/RepeatLength.java,purdue.copyright
 com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/S3DispatchNode.java,purdue.copyright
 com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/S3MethodDispatch.java,purdue.copyright
-com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/Sample.java,purdue.copyright
+com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/Sample.java,gnu_r_sample.copyright
 com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/UnClass.java,purdue.copyright
 com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/UpdateClass.java,purdue.copyright
 com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/UpdateLevels.java,purdue.copyright