diff --git a/gnuplot.changes b/gnuplot.changes
index 4048812..f5263fc 100644
--- a/gnuplot.changes
+++ b/gnuplot.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 13 08:33:16 UTC 2011 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: SUSE-Gnuplot and GPL-2.0+
+  SPDX format (including SUSE prefix for licenses not yet accepted by SPDX
+  upstream). This is not BSD-3-Clause. The Gnuplot license insists that
+  modifications to source code be done by patch only. There are GPL-2.0+
+  components included as aggegation
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec  1 16:46:07 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gnuplot.spec b/gnuplot.spec
index 0c1fa3c..133325c 100644
--- a/gnuplot.spec
+++ b/gnuplot.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ BuildRequires:  plotutils-devel
 BuildRequires:  plotutils
 %endif
 Url:            http://www.gnuplot.info/
-License:        BSD-3-Clause
+License:        SUSE-Gnuplot and GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Graphics/Visualization/Graph
 Version:        4.4.4
 Release:        0