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author | Jack Cummings <jack@mudshark.org> | 2012-10-11 13:50:28 -0700 |
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committer | Jack Cummings <jack@mudshark.org> | 2012-10-11 13:50:28 -0700 |
commit | b70d41d309f63ffee761b1131d13c03ddec024a9 (patch) | |
tree | acf1e748dedac7101fc7b9a8dcdcc1c928284b87 /pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix | |
parent | 8a911c889b6b9ad927ffbacc24f7128e2a02363c (diff) | |
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- long descriptions
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diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix index 96565fffa0e..63a2a8454aa 100644 --- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix +++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix @@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { meta = { 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. + ''; + homepage = http://zfsonlinux.org/; platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux; license = stdenv.lib.licenses.cddl; |