diff --git a/python-pymetar.changes b/python-pymetar.changes
index a36c7cc..9394b6d 100644
--- a/python-pymetar.changes
+++ b/python-pymetar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb  6 10:24:41 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: GPL-2.0+
+  See COPYING and setup.py. This package is GPL-2.0+ not GPL-3.0
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 25 04:11:42 UTC 2012 - malcolmlewis@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/python-pymetar.spec b/python-pymetar.spec
index 3f26f73..c9d91c4 100644
--- a/python-pymetar.spec
+++ b/python-pymetar.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 Name:           python-%{modname}
 Version:        0.18
 Release:        0
-License:        GPL-3.0
+License:        GPL-2.0+
 Summary:        METAR weather report parser
 Url:            http://www.schwarzvogel.de/software-pymetar.shtml
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python