diff --git a/fcitx.changes b/fcitx.changes
index 50fbdc5..ffcafdb 100644
--- a/fcitx.changes
+++ b/fcitx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 17 14:31:42 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: GPL-2.0+
+  GPL is not a recognised license and is not in SPDX format. Going on an
+  analysis of the source files GPL-2.0+ seems to be the best choice"
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct  7 01:01:22 UTC 2011 - stecue@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/fcitx.spec b/fcitx.spec
index f35e561..f27165a 100644
--- a/fcitx.spec
+++ b/fcitx.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Release:    1
 Summary:    Free Chinese Input Toy for X
 URL:        http://code.google.com/p/fcitx/
 Group:      System/I18n/Chinese
-License:    GPL
+License:    GPL-2.0+
 Source:    %{name}-%{version}_all.tar.bz2
 Source1:        xim.d-fcitx
 Source2:        xinput-fcitx.conf