From b70d41d309f63ffee761b1131d13c03ddec024a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Cummings <jack@mudshark.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:50:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] - long descriptions
---
pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix | 16 ++++++++++++++++
pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix
index 96565fffa0ee..63a2a8454aa0 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;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix
index 43e7b2fd95dc..fa0a5b47f55c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
'';
meta = {
- description = "Native ZFS for Linux";
+ description = "ZFS Filesystem Linux Kernel module";
+ longDescription = ''
+
+ ZFS is a filesystem that combines a logical volume manager with a
+ Copy-On-Write filesystem with data integrity detection and repair,
+ snapshotting, cloning, block devices, deduplication, and more.
+
+ 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;