diff --git a/webrtc/PRESUBMIT.py b/webrtc/PRESUBMIT.py
index 4d4a3d50a7..c29ffeeb08 100644
--- a/webrtc/PRESUBMIT.py
+++ b/webrtc/PRESUBMIT.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 
 def _LicenseHeader(input_api):
   """Returns the license header regexp."""
-  # Accept any year number from 2011 to the current year
+  # Accept any year number from 2003 to the current year
   current_year = int(input_api.time.strftime('%Y'))
-  allowed_years = (str(s) for s in reversed(xrange(2011, current_year + 1)))
+  allowed_years = (str(s) for s in reversed(xrange(2003, current_year + 1)))
   years_re = '(' + '|'.join(allowed_years) + ')'
   license_header = (
       r'.*? Copyright \(c\) %(year)s The WebRTC project authors\. '