diff --git a/texworks.changes b/texworks.changes
index c61ba1c..3fb360d 100644
--- a/texworks.changes
+++ b/texworks.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 13 10:56:50 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- patch license to follow spdx.org standard
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul 16 18:08:58 UTC 2011 - badshah400@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/texworks.spec b/texworks.spec
index f91e974..275b084 100644
--- a/texworks.spec
+++ b/texworks.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
-# spec file for package texworks
+# spec file for package TeXworks
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # Copyright (c) 2007-09 by Jonathan Kew.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -12,16 +12,11 @@
 # case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
-
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
-
-
-
 Name:           texworks
 Version:        0.4.3
 Release:        1
-License:        GPLv2+
+License:        GPL-2.0+
 Summary:        TeXshop-like TeX Editor
 Url:            http://www.tug.org/texworks/
 Group:          Productivity/Publishing/TeX/Frontends
@@ -51,7 +46,6 @@ TeXShop for Mac OS X, which is credited with a resurgence of TeX
 usage on the Mac platform.
 
 %package plugin-python
-
 Summary:        Plugins to add python scripting to texworks
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 Requires:       python
@@ -69,7 +63,6 @@ usage on the Mac platform.
 This package adds python scripting abitilies to TeXworks.
 
 %package plugin-lua
-
 Summary:        Plugins to add python scripting to texworks
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 Requires:       lua
@@ -111,7 +104,7 @@ popd
 qmake 'TW_BUILD_ID=openSUSE' 'INSTALL_PREFIX=%{_prefix}' 'TW_HELPPATH=%{_docdir}/%{name}/manual' 'DOCS_DIR=%{_docdir}/%{name}' -after \
             'QMAKE_CXXFLAGS -= -DTW_DICPATH=\\\"/usr/share/myspell/dicts\\\"' \
             'QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -DTW_DICPATH=\\\"%{_datadir}/myspell\\\"'
-
+ 
 %install
 #Python plugin 
 pushd plugins-src/TWPythonPlugin/
@@ -136,7 +129,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %else
 gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor || true
 %endif
-
+ 
 %postun
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1130
 %desktop_database_postun