diff --git a/cppi.changes b/cppi.changes
index 794d530..c4b39b1 100644
--- a/cppi.changes
+++ b/cppi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 13 10:45:25 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- patch license to follow spdx.org standard
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun  9 14:01:04 UTC 2011 - lnussel@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cppi.spec b/cppi.spec
index b960ae7..c49a25c 100644
--- a/cppi.spec
+++ b/cppi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cppi
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
 #
 
 
-
 Name:           cppi
 Version:        1.15
 Release:        0
 Summary:        C preprocessor directive indenter
+License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Languages/C and C++
-License:        GPLv3+
 Url:            http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/cppi/
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cppi/cppi-%{version}.tar.xz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build