lib/licenses: mark watcom as non‐Free

NixOS · Oct 31, 2024 · e6a30b0 · e6a30b0
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diff --git a/lib/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses.nix
@@ -1290,6 +1290,15 @@ lib.mapAttrs mkLicense ({
   watcom = {
     spdxId = "Watcom-1.0";
     fullName = "Sybase Open Watcom Public License 1.0";
+    # Despite being OSI‐approved, this licence is not considered FOSS
+    # by Debian, Fedora, or the FSF, due to an onerous use‐restriction
+    # that requires publication of even privately‐deployed
+    # modifications, failing the “desert island test” and the
+    # “dissident test”.
+    #
+    # See: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybase_Open_Watcom_Public_License>
+    free = false;
+    redistributable = true;
   };
 
   w3c = {