9 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dico/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dico/default.nix
index ca4980f5a6c..f345fe71a34 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dico/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dico/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "GNU Dico, a flexible dictionary server and client implementing RFC 2229";
+    description = "Flexible dictionary server and client implementing RFC 2229";
     homepage    = http://www.gnu.org/software/dico/;
     license     = "GPLv3+";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
index 921d8e907f1..50e71a74546 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.isc.org/software/bind";
-    description = "ISC BIND: a domain name server";
+    description = "Domain name server";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.isc;
 
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric simons];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/felix/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/felix/default.nix
index aa40365e8de..c1114232ea8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/felix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/felix/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     cp -av * $out
   '';
   meta = {
-    description = "Apache Felix OSGi gateway";
+    description = "An OSGi gateway";
     homepage = http://felix.apache.org;
     license = "ASF";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.sander ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix
index 365af29595c..3e778317169 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''cp -r gen/firebird $out'';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "firebird database engine";
+    description = "SQL relational database management system";
     homepage = http://www.firebirdnews.org;
     license = ["IDPL" "Interbase-1.0"];
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix
index 35d4ebbf89f..0b5244a5974 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Apache CouchDB is a database that uses JSON for documents, JavaScript for MapReduce queries, and regular HTTP for an API";
+    description = "A database that uses JSON for documents, JavaScript for MapReduce queries, and regular HTTP for an API";
     homepage = "http://couchdb.apache.org";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ viric garbas ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/default.nix
index d5768da4c82..86d37189887 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.jboss.org/";
-    description = "JBoss, Open Source J2EE application server";
+    description = "Open Source J2EE application server";
     license = "GPL/LGPL";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sander ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/pies/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/pies/default.nix
index 958578138bc..56c7da5caed 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/pies/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/pies/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU Pies, a program invocation and execution supervisor";
+    description = "A program invocation and execution supervisor";
 
     longDescription =
       '' The name Pies (pronounced "p-yes") stands for Program Invocation and
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
index 2c6f6c10493..a918007b47c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc pulseconfdir=$(out)/etc/pulse";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "PulseAudio, a sound server for POSIX and Win32 systems";
+    description = "Sound server for POSIX and Win32 systems";
     homepage    = http://www.pulseaudio.org/;
     # Note: Practically, the server is under the GPL due to the
     # dependency on `libsamplerate'.  See `LICENSE' for details.
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/shishi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/shishi/default.nix
index 2e0a4e84f6c..a41915e5be8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/shishi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/shishi/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU Shishi, free implementation of the Kerberos 5 network security system";
+    description = "An implementation of the Kerberos 5 network security system";
     homepage    = http://www.gnu.org/software/shishi/;
     license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ bjg lovek323 ];