diff --git a/qgis.spec b/qgis.spec
index d30b766..dae6d4d 100644
--- a/qgis.spec
+++ b/qgis.spec
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 Summary: A user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System
 Name: qgis
 Version: 0.8.1
-Release: 11%{?dist}
+Release: 12%{?dist}
 #Epoch: 1
-License: GPL
+License: GPLv2
 Group: Applications/Engineering
 Source0: http://download.qgis.org/qgis/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: %{name}.desktop
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ desktop-file-install --vendor="fedora" \
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/themes/default/grass
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 02 2007 Douglas E. Warner <silfreed@silfreed.net> 0.8.1-12
+- updated License from GPL to GPLv2
+
 * Tue Jul 10 2007 Douglas E. Warner <silfreed@silfreed.net> 0.8.1-11
 - allowing docs to be installed by qgis so they can be referenced by internal
   help system (bug#241403)