diff --git a/perl-XML-Writer-String.changes b/perl-XML-Writer-String.changes
index f01062e..7f3a85c 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Writer-String.changes
+++ b/perl-XML-Writer-String.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 23 06:50:54 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: Artistic-1.0 or GPL-1.0+
+  SPDX format (http://www.spdx.org/licenses)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec  1 13:36:23 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec b/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec
index a6a4cf5..f789b95 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Name:           perl-XML-Writer-String
 Summary:        Capture output from XML::Writer
 Url:            http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?XML::Writer::String
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
-License:        Artistic License
+License:        Artistic-1.0 or GPL-1.0+
 Version:        0.1 
 Release:        1
 Source:         %{real_name}-%{version}.tar.gz