From 6771aa309328f5d46295d829ed24149b34e77e16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Graham Bennett <graham@grahambennett.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 10:25:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify whitelistedLicenses

see the following for more info:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/076860e0340a5e4a909b9a710e186508b14d1c90/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix#L229
---
 doc/using/configuration.xml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/using/configuration.xml b/doc/using/configuration.xml
index 3e21b0e2284..336bdf5b265 100644
--- a/doc/using/configuration.xml
+++ b/doc/using/configuration.xml
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@
 }
 </programlisting>
     </para>
+    <para>
+      Note that <literal>whitelistedLicenses</literal> only applies to unfree licenses unless <literal>allowUnfree</literal> is enabled. It is not a generic whitelist for all types of licenses. <literal>blacklistedLicenses</literal> applies to all licenses.
+    </para>
    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>