nixos module for accepting licenses #9234
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A general module where nixpkgs related licenses can be accepted.
The module also helps to documents the available options.
For example, the "allowUnfree" nixpkgs option can now be accepted
by the following configuration in the "nixos/configuration.nix".
nixpkgs = {
licenses = {
allowUnfree = true;
};
};
The module also fixes the issue of passing "allowUnfree=true" to
the i686 package tree within x86_64 systems.
NOTE: The module only affects the evaluation of the system wide
configuration. User initiated "nix-env" commands are not in-
fluenced. A future "nixuser" program will take care of that.
The "Oracle Binary Code License Agreement for the Java SE Platform Products
and JavaFX" is the first example of a license that is managed by the new
"nixos/modules/misc/licenses.nix" module.
By default, the license is black-listed and it has to be accepted explicitly.
For nixos system wide evaluations the following can be added to the
nixos/configuration.nix file to accept the license:
nixpkgs = {
licenses = {
oracleBinaryCodeLicenseForJava = "accept";
};
};
For user initiated evaluations by, e.g., "nix-env", for example the following
line can be added to "~/.nixpkgs/config.nix" to clear all black-listed licenses:
blacklistedLicenses = [];
The license of the oraclejdk{7,7psu,8} packages have been changed to the "Oracle
Binary Code License Agreement for the Java SE Platform Products and JavaFX".
The packages can now only be installed once the license is accepted, e.g.,
within the "nixos/modules/misc/licenses.nix" module. In return, the packages are
downloaded automatically without user intervention.
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Hm, I don't know. I don't really want us to start reproducing Nixpkgs config options in NixOS. I mean, you can already set |
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Please let me know what you think! The need to better document license related options like, e.g., "allowUnfree" has been mentioned in #4493. |
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| oraclejavabcl = { | |||
| fullName = "Oracle Binary Code License Agreement for the Java SE Platform Products and JavaFX"; | |||
| url = "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/license/index.html"; | |||
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Unfree licenses must have free = false to prevent them from being accepted by default.
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A naive, untested suggestion:
... or some mechanism outside of nixpkgs to override the |
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@edolstra Hm, so what do you suggest, how should I expose, e.g., the oraclejavabcl to the user? Should I create an option in nixpkgs.config instead? Would that be better than going down the black-listing approach? @jcumming Thank you very much for your thoughts, but ideally I want to get a solution for oraclejdk that works within nixpkgs. But maybe an integrated override option is the way to go! |
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Is this still being worked on? |
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@joachifm I'm still interested in a solution, but it doesn't have a high priority for me at the moment. |
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Closing for being very stale. |
A general module where nixpkgs related licenses can be accepted.
The module also helps to documents the available options.
For example, the "allowUnfree" nixpkgs option can now be accepted
by the following configuration in the "nixos/configuration.nix".
nixpkgs = {
licenses = {
allowUnfree = true;
};
};
The module also fixes the issue of passing "allowUnfree=true" to
the i686 package tree within x86_64 systems.
NOTE: The module only affects the evaluation of the system wide
configuration. User initiated "nix-env" commands are not in-
fluenced. A future "nixuser" program will take care of that.
As an example, the installation of oraclejdk is handled by the new
module.
The license of the oraclejdk{7,7psu,8} packages have been changed
to the "Oracle Binary Code License Agreement for the Java SE Platform
Products and JavaFX". The packages can now only be installed once the
license is accepted, e.g., within the "nixos/modules/misc/licenses.nix"
module.
To accept the license for nixos system wide evaluations, the following can
be added to the nixos/configuration.nix file:
nixpkgs = {
licenses = {
oracleBinaryCodeLicenseForJava = "accept";
};
};