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author | Jack Cummings <jack@mudshark.org> | 2012-10-16 20:26:38 -0700 |
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committer | David Guibert <david.guibert@gmail.com> | 2012-11-15 07:41:11 +0100 |
commit | 2dd60084f88cf50ce6ae5721b71732b7f66210f5 (patch) | |
tree | 24c1878d88a6d785dd70e231e132dab42b072ae7 /pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix | |
parent | 3dbb87ec8ea3a9db9bb1fb0266826b88ae1d9ed9 (diff) | |
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- updates from the license discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/145
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diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix index 16fe040e7be..cc07709559c 100644 --- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix +++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix @@ -33,18 +33,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { description = "Kernel module driver for solaris porting layer (needed by in-kernel zfs)"; longDescription = '' - This kernel module is a porting layer for ZFS to work inside the linux kernel. - - LICENSE NOTE: the Linux kernel is licensed under the GNU General Public - License which is incompatible with ZFS which is licensed under the Sun CDDL. - While both the GPL and CDDL are open source licenses their terms are such that - it is impossible to simultaneously satisfy both licenses. This means that a - single derived work of the Linux kernel and ZFS cannot be legally distributed. - - The ZFS code can be modified to build as a CDDL licensed kernel module - which is not distributed as part of the Linux kernel. This makes a Native ZFS - on Linux implementation possible if you are willing to download and build it - yourself. + This kernel module is a porting layer for ZFS to work inside the linux + kernel. ''; homepage = http://zfsonlinux.org/; |