diff --git a/lib/puppet/module_tool/metadata.rb b/lib/puppet/module_tool/metadata.rb
index 21efa93e7..a84100a10 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/module_tool/metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/module_tool/metadata.rb
@@ -1,141 +1,141 @@
 module Puppet::Module::Tool
 
   # = Metadata
   #
   # This class provides a data structure representing a module's metadata.
   # It provides some basic parsing, but other data is injected into it using
   # +annotate+ methods in other classes.
   class Metadata
 
     # The full name of the module, which is a dash-separated combination of the
     # +username+ and module +name+.
     attr_reader :full_module_name
 
     # The name of the user that owns this module.
     attr_reader :username
 
     # The name of this module. See also +full_module_name+.
     attr_reader :name
 
     # The version of this module.
     attr_reader :version
 
     # Instantiate from a hash, whose keys are setters in this class.
     def initialize(settings={})
       settings.each do |key, value|
         send("#{key}=", value)
       end
     end
 
     # Set the full name of this module, and from it, the +username+ and
     # module +name+.
     def full_module_name=(full_module_name)
       @full_module_name = full_module_name
       @username, @name = Puppet::Module::Tool::username_and_modname_from(full_module_name)
     end
 
     # Return an array of the module's Dependency objects.
     def dependencies
       return @dependencies ||= []
     end
 
     def author
       @author || @username
     end
 
     def author=(author)
       @author = author
     end
 
     def source
       @source || 'UNKNOWN'
     end
 
     def source=(source)
       @source = source
     end
 
     def license
-      @license || 'UNKNOWN'
+      @license || 'Apache License, Version 2.0'
     end
 
     def license=(license)
       @license = license
     end
 
     def summary
       @summary || 'UNKNOWN'
     end
 
     def summary=(summary)
       @summary = summary
     end
 
     def description
       @description || 'UNKNOWN'
     end
 
     def description=(description)
       @description = description
     end
 
     def project_page
       @project_page || 'UNKNOWN'
     end
 
     def project_page=(project_page)
       @project_page = project_page
     end
 
     # Return an array of the module's Puppet types, each one is a hash
     # containing :name and :doc.
     def types
       return @types ||= []
     end
 
     # Return module's file checksums.
     def checksums
       return @checksums ||= {}
     end
 
     # Return the dashed name of the module, which may either be the
     # dash-separated combination of the +username+ and module +name+, or just
     # the module +name+.
     def dashed_name
       return [@username, @name].compact.join('-')
     end
 
     # Return the release name, which is the combination of the +dashed_name+
     # of the module and its +version+ number.
     def release_name
       return [dashed_name, @version].join('-')
     end
 
     # Set the version of this module, ensure a string like '0.1.0' see the
     # Semantic Versions here: http://semver.org
     def version=(version)
       if SemVer.valid?(version)
         @version = version
       else
         raise ArgumentError, "Invalid version format: #{@version} (Semantic Versions are acceptable: http://semver.org)"
       end
     end
 
     # Return the PSON record representing this instance.
     def to_pson(*args)
       return {
         :name         => @full_module_name,
         :version      => @version,
         :source       => source,
         :author       => author,
         :license      => license,
         :summary      => summary,
         :description  => description,
         :project_page => project_page,
         :dependencies => dependencies,
         :types        => types,
         :checksums    => checksums
       }.to_pson(*args)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/module_tool/metadata_spec.rb b/spec/unit/module_tool/metadata_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85d743fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/module_tool/metadata_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'puppet/module_tool'
+
+describe Puppet::Module::Tool::Metadata do
+  context "when using default values" do
+    it "should set license to 'Apache License, Version 2.0'" do
+      metadata = Puppet::Module::Tool::Metadata.new
+      metadata.license.should == "Apache License, Version 2.0"
+    end
+  end
+end