diff --git a/sane-backends.changes b/sane-backends.changes
index 7b6b564..cf017f4 100644
--- a/sane-backends.changes
+++ b/sane-backends.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 23 09:24:52 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: GPL-2.0+ and SUSE-GPL-2.0+-with-sane-exception and
+  SUSE-Public-Domain
+  The LICENSE file in the sane-backends packages explains the licensing of
+  the package. Added SUSE-GPL-2.0+-with-sane-exception to the spreadsheet
+  linked from license.opensuse.org as that license is not yet upstream at
+  http://www.spdx.org/licenses (hence the SUSE- proprietary extension)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 20 12:24:49 CEST 2012 - jsmeix@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sane-backends.spec b/sane-backends.spec
index 40285a4..b4264af 100644
--- a/sane-backends.spec
+++ b/sane-backends.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-
 Name:           sane-backends
 BuildRequires:  libgphoto2-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1130
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  texlive-latex
 #!BuildIgnore: ghostscript-x11
 Summary:        SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) Scanner Drivers
-License:        GPL-2.0 ; GPL-2.0+ ; LGPL-2.1+ ; SUSE-Public-Domain
+License:        GPL-2.0+ and SUSE-GPL-2.0+-with-sane-exception and SUSE-Public-Domain
 Group:          Hardware/Scanner
 Version:        1.0.22
 Release:        0
@@ -186,22 +185,22 @@ Obsoletes:      sane < %{version}
 # skip-check-libtool-deps
 
 %description
-The software consists of SANE scanner drivers, "scanimage," and the
-"saned" daemon.
+The software consists of SANE scanner drivers,
+"scanimage," and the "saned" daemon.
 
-A SANE scanner driver is used via a SANE front-end. This package
-contains the command line front-end "scanimage". There are various
-graphical front-ends like "xscanimage" (package sane-frontends), XSane
-(package xsane), and the KDE front-end Kooka (package
-kdegraphics3-scan).
+A SANE scanner driver is used via a SANE front-end.
+This package contains the command line front-end "scanimage".
+There are graphical front-ends in other packages like
+XSane (package xsane), Skanlite for KDE4 (package skanlite),
+and Kooka for KDE3 (package kdegraphics3-scan).
 
-The "saned" daemon provides the service "sane-port" to access scanners
-that are connected to a server via network from client hosts that run
-the "net" meta driver.
+The "saned" daemon provides the service "sane-port"
+to access scanners that are connected to a server
+via network from client hosts that run the "net" meta driver.
 
 %package devel
 Summary:        Development files for sane-backends
-License:        GPL-2.0 ; GPL-2.0+ ; LGPL-2.1+ ; SUSE-Public-Domain
+License:        GPL-2.0+ and SUSE-GPL-2.0+-with-sane-exception and SUSE-Public-Domain
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 Requires:       net-snmp-devel