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authorGraham Bennett <graham@grahambennett.org>2020-11-28 10:25:13 +0100
committerPavol Rusnak <pavol@rusnak.io>2020-11-28 10:25:13 +0100
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doc: clarify whitelistedLicenses
see the following for more info:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/076860e0340a5e4a909b9a710e186508b14d1c90/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix#L229
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@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@
 }
 </programlisting>
     </para>
+    <para>
+      Note that <literal>whitelistedLicenses</literal> only applies to unfree licenses unless <literal>allowUnfree</literal> is enabled. It is not a generic whitelist for all types of licenses. <literal>blacklistedLicenses</literal> applies to all licenses.
+    </para>
    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>