diff --git a/perl-Date-Simple.changes b/perl-Date-Simple.changes
index 3484140..0b98298 100644
--- a/perl-Date-Simple.changes
+++ b/perl-Date-Simple.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 22 21:18:32 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: Artistic-1.0 or GPL-2.0+
+  SPDX format. Note that this is _not_ the standard perl license (GPL-1.0+)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 21 04:51:25 UTC 2011 - coolo@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/perl-Date-Simple.spec b/perl-Date-Simple.spec
index 0d3a4a7..c512ca9 100644
--- a/perl-Date-Simple.spec
+++ b/perl-Date-Simple.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Name:           perl-Date-Simple
 Version:        3.03
 Release:        1
-License:         This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA b) the Perl Artistic License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+License:         Artistic-1.0 or GPL-2.0+
 %define cpan_name Date-Simple
 Summary:        a simple date object
 Url:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Date-Simple/