From e32352fd978a7d2804b9e2750797647a5d69a7f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Franz Pletz <fpletz@fnordicwalking.de>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 22:32:52 +0100
Subject: nixpkgs manual: unfree packages are untested

Resolves confusion mentioned in #31045.
---
 doc/configuration.xml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/configuration.xml b/doc/configuration.xml
index ac03b42714c6..55c5ea809d35 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.xml
+++ b/doc/configuration.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ configuration file located at
 </programlisting>
 </para>
 
+<para>Note that we are not able to test or build unfree software on Hydra
+due to policy. Most unfree licenses prohibit us from either executing or
+distributing the software.</para>
+
 <section xml:id="sec-allow-broken">
   <title>Installing broken packages</title>
 
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