diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/noah/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/noah/default.nix
index ad63b796f183..502a165c33d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/noah/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/noah/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Bash on Ubuntu on macOS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/linux-noah/noah";
-    license = [ licenses.mit licenses.gpl2 ];
+    license = [ licenses.mit licenses.gpl2Only ];
     maintainers = [ ];
     platforms = platforms.darwin;
     # never built on aarch64-darwin since first introduction in nixpkgs
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/osx-cpu-temp/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/osx-cpu-temp/default.nix
index 4748d62f83e5..2f3154fe9ea4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/osx-cpu-temp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/osx-cpu-temp/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Outputs current CPU temperature for OSX";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lavoiesl/osx-cpu-temp";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ virusdave ];
     platforms = platforms.darwin;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/default.nix
index 6d8bb81b99c2..df64c0d1f56c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/afuse/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Automounter in userspace";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pcarrier/afuse";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/anbox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/anbox/default.nix
index 1cb614fa220b..8f963f34136a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/anbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/anbox/default.nix
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://anbox.io";
     description = "Android in a box";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
     platforms = [ "armv7l-linux" "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/asus-ec-sensors/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/asus-ec-sensors/default.nix
index c80f18a78ece..ae5c370ed21f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/asus-ec-sensors/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/asus-ec-sensors/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Linux HWMON sensors driver for ASUS motherboards to read sensor data from the embedded controller";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zeule/asus-ec-sensors";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickhu ];
     broken = kernel.kernelOlder "5.11";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/asus-wmi-sensors/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/asus-wmi-sensors/default.nix
index 3098cbb72538..074b2e4ff25a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/asus-wmi-sensors/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/asus-wmi-sensors/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Linux HWMON (lmsensors) sensors driver for various ASUS Ryzen and Threadripper motherboards";
     homepage = "https://github.com/electrified/asus-wmi-sensors";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Frostman ];
     broken = versionOlder kernel.version "4.12";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ax99100/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ax99100/default.nix
index 761800cfd7ba..0e99d9390c15 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ax99100/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ax99100/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "ASIX AX99100 Serial and Parallel Port driver";
     homepage = "https://www.asix.com.tw/en/product/Interface/PCIe_Bridge/AX99100";
     # According to the source code in the tarball, the license is gpl2.
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
 
     # Older Linux versions need more patches to work.
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/alfred.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/alfred.nix
index ae7d784591d2..26c433b8a06d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/alfred.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/alfred.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Wiki";
     description = "B.A.T.M.A.N. routing protocol in a linux kernel module for layer 2, information distribution tool";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fpletz ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/batctl.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/batctl.nix
index bb44ac5e99f5..e42b1b18d584 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/batctl.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/batctl.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Wiki";
     description = "B.A.T.M.A.N. routing protocol in a linux kernel module for layer 2, control tool";
     mainProgram = "batctl";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fpletz ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/default.nix
index 3d8fbafb2358..8fa54664fb4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Wiki";
     description = "B.A.T.M.A.N. routing protocol in a linux kernel module for layer 2";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fpletz philiptaron ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bpftools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bpftools/default.nix
index 9ec4778ca38c..eda3fe62fa80 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bpftools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bpftools/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage    = "https://github.com/libbpf/bpftool";
     description = "Debugging/program analysis tools for the eBPF subsystem";
-    license     = [ licenses.gpl2 licenses.bsd2 ];
+    license     = [ licenses.gpl2Only licenses.bsd2 ];
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/can-isotp/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/can-isotp/default.nix
index 7c20b74e54cb..06329478ded4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/can-isotp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/can-isotp/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     broken = kernel.kernelAtLeast "5.16";
     description = "Kernel module for ISO-TP (ISO 15765-2)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hartkopp/can-isotp";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.evck ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix
index 7c1b031d8334..f714ce54dd58 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool to examine and tune power saving features";
     homepage = "https://www.kernel.org/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     mainProgram = "cpupower";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/default.nix
index 59fbfed1b728..bde2686624d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tools to create, check, and extract content of CramFs images";
     homepage = "https://packages.debian.org/jessie/cramfsprogs";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pamplemousse ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/criu/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/criu/default.nix
index 66e3303890b0..bdae94f78b4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/criu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/criu/default.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Userspace checkpoint/restore for Linux";
     homepage    = "https://criu.org";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms   = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "armv7l-linux" ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix
index 0e32966615ac..fb5a6ce28e1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/";
     description = "LUKS for dm-crypt";
     changelog = "https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/raw/v${version}/docs/v${version}-ReleaseNotes";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     mainProgram = "cryptsetup";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ raitobezarius ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/digimend/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/digimend/default.nix
index a30d7cbe3a32..31d68acc5316 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/digimend/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/digimend/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "DIGImend graphics tablet drivers for the Linux kernel";
     homepage = "https://digimend.github.io/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gebner ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/directvnc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/directvnc/default.nix
index 78ccb6772571..5ec40370bbba 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/directvnc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/directvnc/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "DirectFB VNC client";
     homepage = "http://drinkmilk.github.io/directvnc/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
index bd5d9db661a8..3fd703c7ce1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing";
     homepage = "http://dpdk.org/";
-    license = with licenses; [ lgpl21 gpl2 bsd2 ];
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl21 gpl2Only bsd2 ];
     platforms =  platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ magenbluten orivej mic92 zhaofengli ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dstat/default.nix
index 75b613075e78..7fbd314a8ec7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dstat/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     homepage = "http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dstat/";
     description = "Versatile resource statistics tool";
     mainProgram = "dstat";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     changelog = "https://github.com/dstat-real/dstat/blob/v${version}/ChangeLog";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e1000e/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e1000e/default.nix
index 51bc6ada07de..1ed7f6aa0193 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e1000e/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e1000e/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Linux kernel drivers for Intel Ethernet adapters and LOMs (LAN On Motherboard)";
     homepage = "http://e1000.sf.net/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ebtables/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ebtables/default.nix
index 57bf7da7c049..bd39175050e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ebtables/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ebtables/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Filtering tool for Linux-based bridging firewalls";
     homepage = "http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/edac-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/edac-utils/default.nix
index 6171f8ed3073..b23e0d34401a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/edac-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/edac-utils/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/grondo/edac-utils";
     description = "Handles the reporting of hardware-related memory errors";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix
index 3c551939c7cf..beb3cc6e9714 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Simple monitoring of system events";
     mainProgram = "eventstat";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ColinIanKing/eventstat";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/exfat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/exfat/default.nix
index e247bbb9e837..c252238f7bd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/exfat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/exfat/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "exfat kernel module";
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ makefu ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     broken = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/facetimehd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/facetimehd/default.nix
index ceba075758a6..4fa670afb396 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/facetimehd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/facetimehd/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie";
     description = "Linux driver for the Facetime HD (Broadcom 1570) PCIe webcam";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ womfoo grahamc kraem ];
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/default.nix
index 8704c72a21ba..f472ce23aa2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/default.nix
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mainProgram = "fbterm";
     homepage = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/fbterm";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovesegfault raskin ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/zd1211/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/zd1211/default.nix
index eb6276d36ac9..ecf131effd40 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/zd1211/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/zd1211/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Firmware for the ZyDAS ZD1211(b) 802.11a/b/g USB WLAN chip";
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/zd1211/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/forkstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/forkstat/default.nix
index 75ca64833a59..8454987343b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/forkstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/forkstat/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Process fork/exec/exit monitoring tool";
     mainProgram = "forkstat";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ColinIanKing/forkstat";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ womfoo ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/forktty/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/forktty/default.nix
index 7dc1f0c3b2e4..724036886138 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/forktty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/forktty/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool to detach from controlling TTY and attach to another";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/framework-laptop-kmod/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/framework-laptop-kmod/default.nix
index eddc5e272aae..c31ce1b84b6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/framework-laptop-kmod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/framework-laptop-kmod/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Kernel module that exposes the Framework Laptop (13, 16)'s battery charge limit and LEDs to userspace";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DHowett/framework-laptop-kmod";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gaykitty ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fswebcam/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fswebcam/default.nix
index 1f45d7955da4..08b1b9935291 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fswebcam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fswebcam/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mainProgram = "fswebcam";
     homepage = "http://www.sanslogic.co.uk/fswebcam";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fwts/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fwts/default.nix
index 5a06fac5d6c1..2d438a8a88c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fwts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fwts/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite";
     description = "Firmware Test Suite";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ tadfisher ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/g15daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/g15daemon/default.nix
index 8cd10899a336..528b5e0993f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/g15daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/g15daemon/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , libusb-compat-0_1
 }:
 let
-  license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+  license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
   maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
 
   g15src = { pname, version, sha256 }: fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gasket/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gasket/default.nix
index d3215bd668c5..e8df9acf8e4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gasket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gasket/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Coral Gasket Driver allows usage of the Coral EdgeTPU on Linux systems";
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/gasket-driver";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.kylehendricks ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     broken = versionOlder kernel.version "5.15";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gcadapter-oc-kmod/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gcadapter-oc-kmod/default.nix
index 1f0265207dfb..a1e3a8be430e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gcadapter-oc-kmod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gcadapter-oc-kmod/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Kernel module for overclocking the Nintendo Wii U/Mayflash GameCube adapter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/HannesMann/gcadapter-oc-kmod";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ r-burns ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gobi_loader/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gobi_loader/default.nix
index 2b251242119c..2783e9f559b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gobi_loader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gobi_loader/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Firmware loader for Qualcomm Gobi USB chipsets";
     homepage = "https://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/gobi_loader/";
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 ];
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ _0x4A6F ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hdapsd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hdapsd/default.nix
index e9dca6fd8927..43700d20aa9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hdapsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hdapsd/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     { description = "Hard Drive Active Protection System Daemon";
       mainProgram = "hdapsd";
       homepage = "http://hdaps.sf.net/";
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
       platforms = platforms.linux;
       maintainers = [ maintainers.ehmry ];
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/health-check/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/health-check/default.nix
index e63b7ca7fe25..e55433c0a70b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/health-check/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/health-check/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Process monitoring tool";
     mainProgram = "health-check";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ColinIanKing/health-check";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
index 7e89feaa6514..1187cd219457 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://w1.fi/hostapd/";
     description = "User space daemon for access point and authentication servers";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i7z/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i7z/default.nix
index 7f2b2d5d0a59..5a7279ba998c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i7z/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i7z/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Better i7 (and now i3, i5) reporting tool for Linux";
     mainProgram = "i7z";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DimitryAndric/i7z";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bluescreen303 ];
     # broken on ARM
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i810switch/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i810switch/default.nix
index ab3fa970d380..a5e24b1eb293 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i810switch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i810switch/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Utility for switching between the LCD and external VGA display on Intel graphics cards";
     homepage = "http://www16.plala.or.jp/mano-a-mano/i810switch.html";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ifenslave/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ifenslave/default.nix
index cc132c69faf7..8aeeff77ecbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ifenslave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ifenslave/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Utility for enslaving networking interfaces under a bond";
     mainProgram = "ifenslave";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ima-evm-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ima-evm-utils/default.nix
index fa90ceecdb2b..5960e49e7825 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ima-evm-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ima-evm-utils/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "evmctl utility to manage digital signatures of the Linux kernel integrity subsystem (IMA/EVM)";
     mainProgram = "evmctl";
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-ima/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ nickcao ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/intel-speed-select/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/intel-speed-select/default.nix
index 9d9c9b134c64..97bfdbeb30d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/intel-speed-select/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/intel-speed-select/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Tool to enumerate and control the Intel Speed Select Technology features";
     mainProgram = "intel-speed-select";
     homepage = "https://www.kernel.org/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ]; # x86-specific
     broken = kernel.kernelAtLeast "5.18";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iotop/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iotop/default.nix
index 496ff7f11537..767bf4a2915c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iotop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iotop/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool to find out the processes doing the most IO";
     homepage = "http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     mainProgram = "iotop";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix
index 3cc7759b4183..effe5eb8526b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2";
     description = "Collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking and traffic control in Linux";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ primeos eelco fpletz globin ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipset/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipset/default.nix
index 4b8fadcecf25..94a5a43b76e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipset/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipset/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://ipset.netfilter.org/";
     description = "Administration tool for IP sets";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iptables/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iptables/default.nix
index 2efa60951825..afaa91ca2f37 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iptables/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iptables/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     downloadPage = "https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipu6-drivers/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipu6-drivers/default.nix
index 276926fef8aa..cb1cf06b530e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipu6-drivers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipu6-drivers/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/intel/ipu6-drivers";
     description = "IPU6 kernel driver";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     # requires 6.1.7 https://github.com/intel/ipu6-drivers/pull/84
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipvsadm/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipvsadm/default.nix
index c98816746918..c6447e9a9b57 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipvsadm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ipvsadm/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Linux Virtual Server support programs";
     homepage = "http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/software/ipvs.html";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ivsc-driver/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ivsc-driver/default.nix
index 5612c9170abd..1308ff5f37cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ivsc-driver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ivsc-driver/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/intel/ivsc-driver";
     description = "Intel Vision Sensing Controller kernel driver";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     broken = kernel.kernelOlder "5.15";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ixgbevf/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ixgbevf/default.nix
index 6a748c470190..3cb9d06e7fcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ixgbevf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ixgbevf/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Intel 82599 Virtual Function Driver";
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ixgbevf%20stable/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     priority = 20;
     # kernels ship ixgbevf driver for a long time already, maybe switch to a newest kernel?
     broken = versionAtLeast kernel.version "5.2";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jool/cli.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jool/cli.nix
index ee5ee1128a86..904bb7366f7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jool/cli.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jool/cli.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = "https://www.jool.mx/";
     description = "Fairly compliant SIIT and Stateful NAT64 for Linux - CLI tools";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jujuutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jujuutils/default.nix
index 12e4c15e62c0..8c5dabf66a90 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jujuutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jujuutils/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cladisch/linux-firewire-utils";
     description = "Utilities around FireWire devices connected to a Linux computer";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix
index bf3bf4950a25..450e26b4eca1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ let
 
     meta = with lib; {
       description = "Header files and scripts for Linux kernel";
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      license = licenses.gpl2Only;
       platforms = platforms.linux;
     };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/gpio-utils.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/gpio-utils.nix
index 40e282bbf541..dc8f88b5769f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/gpio-utils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/gpio-utils.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Linux tools to inspect the gpiochip interface";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kwohlfahrt ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexec-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexec-tools/default.nix
index caecc7f9c10e..fb5911a68053 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexec-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexec-tools/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "riscv64-linux" "riscv32-linux"
       "sparc-linux" "sparc64-linux"
     ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ksmbd-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ksmbd-tools/default.nix
index de5d15a0c75a..fa4bdbd9e66d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ksmbd-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ksmbd-tools/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Userspace utilities for the ksmbd kernel SMB server";
     homepage = "https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/cifs/ksmbd.html";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/latencytop/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/latencytop/default.nix
index 023140e1f482..43d1fddde927 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/latencytop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/latencytop/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "http://latencytop.org";
     description = "Tool to show kernel reports on latencies (LATENCYTOP option)";
     mainProgram = "latencytop";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.viric ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libpsm2/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libpsm2/default.nix
index 96fa03cf8b05..ee47968352ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libpsm2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libpsm2/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/intel/opa-psm2";
     description = "PSM2 library supports a number of fabric media and stacks";
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 bsd3 ];
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only bsd3 ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.bzizou ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libvolume_id/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libvolume_id/default.nix
index 653094c91884..718bd9cec89c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libvolume_id/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libvolume_id/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     homepage = "http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lightum/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lightum/default.nix
index 46dd76e0d277..f1f95d5563b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lightum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lightum/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "MacBook automatic light sensor daemon";
     mainProgram = "lightum";
     homepage = "https://github.com/poliva/lightum";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ puffnfresh ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/liquidtux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/liquidtux/default.nix
index 317801bb3cdd..ca4fb27c8f19 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/liquidtux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/liquidtux/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Linux kernel hwmon drivers for AIO liquid coolers and other devices";
     homepage = "https://github.com/liquidctl/liquidtux";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickhu ];
     broken = lib.versionOlder kernel.version "5.10";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lksctp-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lksctp-tools/default.nix
index 24915143fbd0..f6a91c663a05 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lksctp-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lksctp-tools/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Linux Kernel Stream Control Transmission Protocol Tools";
     homepage = "https://lksctp.sourceforge.net/";
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 lgpl21 ]; # library is lgpl21
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus lgpl21 ]; # library is lgpl21
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lockdep/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lockdep/default.nix
index be3967f0a858..971ba71d8a75 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lockdep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lockdep/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Userspace locking validation tool built on the Linux kernel";
     mainProgram = "lockdep";
     homepage    = "https://kernel.org/";
-    license     = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license     = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsscsi/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsscsi/default.nix
index d87820f24664..11826a105669 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsscsi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsscsi/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix
index caafa52a8173..9cba67ee2b39 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "http://sourceware.org/lvm2/";
     description = "Tools to support Logical Volume Management (LVM) on Linux";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 bsd2 lgpl21 ];
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only bsd2 lgpl21 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ajs124 ] ++ teams.helsinki-systems.members;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mba6x_bl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mba6x_bl/default.nix
index 3add5eb227f5..47466dc54051 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mba6x_bl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mba6x_bl/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "MacBook Air 6,1 and 6,2 (mid 2013) backlight driver";
     homepage = "https://github.com/patjak/mba6x_bl";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.simonvandel ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mceinject/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mceinject/default.nix
index c7c8508cb41b..01d230e3335a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mceinject/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mceinject/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       kernel machine check handler.
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/andikleen/mce-inject/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ arkivm ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix
index 7150930cb561..cc26b020235e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Programs for managing RAID arrays under Linux";
     homepage = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/mdadm/mdadm.git";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     mainProgram = "mdadm";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ekleog ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/metastore/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/metastore/default.nix
index 76e4ae893287..999c771fcfaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/metastore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/metastore/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Store and restore metadata from a filesystem";
     mainProgram = "metastore";
     homepage = "https://software.przemoc.net/#metastore";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sstef ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/microcode/iucode-tool.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/microcode/iucode-tool.nix
index 316aaa22932d..d38fa0a48895 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/microcode/iucode-tool.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/microcode/iucode-tool.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Intel® 64 and IA-32 processor microcode tool";
     mainProgram = "iucode_tool";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/iucode-tool/iucode-tool";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty/default.nix
index eff1bf50a361..bbae8f73e316 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingetty";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/linux-headers/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/linux-headers/default.nix
index 6addd11554d0..965803c40d8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/linux-headers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/linux-headers/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}" {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Header files and scripts for Linux kernel";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = teams.minimal-bootstrap.members;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mkinitcpio-nfs-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mkinitcpio-nfs-utils/default.nix
index da2ba4b9ff2d..0e7bb127dbb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mkinitcpio-nfs-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mkinitcpio-nfs-utils/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://archlinux.org/";
     description = "ipconfig and nfsmount tools for root on NFS, ported from klibc";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms  = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/msr-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/msr-tools/default.nix
index 1e6a55a4d656..a96a74c764c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/msr-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/msr-tools/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool to read/write from/to MSR CPU registers on Linux";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mstpd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mstpd/default.nix
index 389acdf91e6e..0f82fb8fcbdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mstpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mstpd/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol daemon";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mstpd/mstpd";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/multipath-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/multipath-tools/default.nix
index 20b6ee0d7eb1..9fe8630e2275 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/multipath-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/multipath-tools/default.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tools for the Linux multipathing storage driver";
     homepage = "http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/netatop/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/netatop/default.nix
index 68386173ed50..b1a9d244a8d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/netatop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/netatop/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Network monitoring module for atop";
     mainProgram = "netatopd";
     homepage = "https://www.atoptool.nl/downloadnetatop.php";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ viric ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nfs-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nfs-utils/default.nix
index 4fde1dcf910d..88a4f33b2f3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nfs-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nfs-utils/default.nix
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
     homepage = "https://linux-nfs.org/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nss_ldap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nss_ldap/default.nix
index 7366932d1e67..784ecf2b39cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nss_ldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nss_ldap/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "LDAP module for the Solaris Nameservice Switch (NSS)";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
index 16e2ae51f957..142dd064e0f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Library and tools for non-uniform memory access (NUMA) machines";
     homepage = "https://github.com/numactl/numactl";
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 lgpl21 ]; # libnuma is lgpl21
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only lgpl21 ]; # libnuma is lgpl21
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidiabl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidiabl/default.nix
index 0f4d485a4edc..68991e128959 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidiabl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidiabl/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Linux driver for setting the backlight brightness on laptops using NVIDIA GPU";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yorickvP/nvidiabl";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ yorickvp ];
     broken = kernel.kernelAtLeast "5.18";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_ccreds/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_ccreds/default.nix
index 359636e74281..1921193d7031 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_ccreds/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_ccreds/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://www.padl.com/OSS/pam_ccreds.html";
     description = "PAM module to locally authenticate using an enterprise identity when the network is unavailable";
     mainProgram = "ccreds_chkpwd";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_mount/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_mount/default.nix
index 2ed6829f3614..81199cb057c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_mount/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_mount/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "PAM module to mount volumes for a user session";
     homepage = "https://pam-mount.sourceforge.net/";
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 gpl3 lgpl21 lgpl3 ];
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus gpl3 lgpl21 lgpl3 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ netali ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/paxctl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/paxctl/default.nix
index 2f68fa3dc0cc..e15b17378d9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/paxctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/paxctl/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Tool for controlling PaX flags on a per binary basis";
     mainProgram = "paxctl";
     homepage    = "https://pax.grsecurity.net";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms   = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/paxtest/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/paxtest/default.nix
index acea7cbe49f7..b415970a743e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/paxtest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/paxtest/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Test various memory protection measures";
     mainProgram = "paxtest";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin joachifm ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pcmciautils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pcmciautils/default.nix
index b5f9d8a0a2c2..bcfb101c6fcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pcmciautils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pcmciautils/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       the PCMCIA subsystem to behave (almost) as every other
       hotpluggable bus system.
     ";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/phc-intel/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/phc-intel/default.nix
index a0d43b2e0e36..a2e2456ad6e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/phc-intel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/phc-intel/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       Intel architectures.
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/danielw86dev/phc-intel-dkms";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
     broken = lib.versionAtLeast kernel.version "4.18";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/piper/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/piper/default.nix
index dcdc7a363e30..d646f004893c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/piper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/piper/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     description = "GTK frontend for ratbagd mouse config daemon";
     mainProgram = "piper";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/libratbag/piper";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mvnetbiz ];
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pm-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pm-utils/default.nix
index 9f2eee83d60b..3eccb6381cd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pm-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pm-utils/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://pm-utils.freedesktop.org/wiki/";
     description = "Small collection of scripts that handle suspend and resume on behalf of HAL";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pmount/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pmount/default.nix
index 8267a2d4a7f9..94ab7b7e3c2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pmount/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pmount/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~fourmond/pmount/main/files";
     description = "Mount removable devices as normal user";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/policycoreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/policycoreutils/default.nix
index 5fdb3583b5cf..bcb5dafa137b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/policycoreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/policycoreutils/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "SELinux policy core utilities";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     inherit (libsepol.meta) homepage platforms maintainers;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed-light/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed-light/default.nix
index eb5a1b1b0edb..11a5cebc76bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed-light/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed-light/default.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/bytbox/pommed-light";
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/power-calibrate/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/power-calibrate/default.nix
index d2ce5d4d4fa7..24f7f7f419c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/power-calibrate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/power-calibrate/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Tool to calibrate power consumption";
     mainProgram = "power-calibrate";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ColinIanKing/power-calibrate";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powerstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powerstat/default.nix
index 83f0aa634efa..b7a88a0d9ec9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powerstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powerstat/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Laptop power measuring tool";
     mainProgram = "powerstat";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ColinIanKing/powerstat";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ womfoo ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps-ng/default.nix
index e4d245fdc7ce..70df91d31eee 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps-ng/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps";
     description = "Utilities that give information about processes using the /proc filesystem";
     priority = 11; # less than coreutils, which also provides "kill" and "uptime"
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.typetetris ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pscircle/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pscircle/default.nix
index 712eea0c3651..b34a2d7914b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pscircle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pscircle/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/mildlyparallel/pscircle";
     description = "Visualize Linux processes in a form of a radial tree";
     mainProgram = "pscircle";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ldesgoui ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix
index e78d5f2d164c..0626fc0a91a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = ''A FUSE filesystem intended to be used
       like Apache mod_rewrite'';
     homepage    = "https://github.com/sloonz/rewritefs";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rnhmjoj ];
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rt-tests/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rt-tests/default.nix
index a9e3e57d4875..16970a15b1d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rt-tests/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rt-tests/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Suite of real-time tests - cyclictest, hwlatdetect, pip_stress, pi_stress, pmqtest, ptsematest, rt-migrate-test, sendme, signaltest, sigwaittest, svsematest";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ poelzi ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8189es/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8189es/default.nix
index 553c6a309682..74924835dd3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8189es/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8189es/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Driver for Realtek rtl8189es";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jwrdegoede/rtl8189ES_linux";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ danielfullmer lheckemann ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8189fs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8189fs/default.nix
index 5f806069daf9..87b0944c4d32 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8189fs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8189fs/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rtl8189es.overrideAttrs (drv: rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Driver for Realtek rtl8189fs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jwrdegoede/rtl8189ES_linux/tree/rtl8189fs";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ puffnfresh ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/schedtool/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/schedtool/default.nix
index d3d009db1714..0ee35df74449 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/schedtool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/schedtool/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Query or alter a process' scheduling policy under Linux";
     mainProgram = "schedtool";
     homepage = "https://freequaos.host.sk/schedtool/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/selinux-python/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/selinux-python/default.nix
index c50f4ffccd0b..c8c0a093b97e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/selinux-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/selinux-python/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     description = "SELinux policy core utilities written in Python";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     homepage = "https://selinuxproject.org";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/selinux-sandbox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/selinux-sandbox/default.nix
index 0d2843d216a4..7b033694ea26 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/selinux-sandbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/selinux-sandbox/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     description = "SELinux sandbox utility";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     homepage = "https://selinuxproject.org";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/semodule-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/semodule-utils/default.nix
index 013a9ecb9034..126f927007cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/semodule-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/semodule-utils/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "SELinux policy core utilities (packaging additions)";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     inherit (libsepol.meta) homepage platforms;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ RossComputerGuy ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/setools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/setools/default.nix
index c815b8d86aa2..5a2f180a0ad9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/setools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/setools/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   meta = {
     description = "SELinux Policy Analysis Tools";
     homepage = "https://github.com/SELinuxProject/setools";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/smemstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/smemstat/default.nix
index 05ad1ddb0335..a6cdaf978c66 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/smemstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/smemstat/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Memory usage monitoring tool";
     mainProgram = "smemstat";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ColinIanKing/smemstat";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ womfoo ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/statifier/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/statifier/default.nix
index 6aa11cad4f25..9c00cdab4016 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/statifier/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/statifier/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ multiStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Tool for creating static Linux binaries";
     mainProgram = "statifier";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sydbox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sydbox/default.nix
index bdaf77147f2e..7bcb0c565974 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sydbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sydbox/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sydbox.exherbo.org/";
     description = "seccomp-based application sandbox";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mvs ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysdig/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysdig/default.nix
index 59b48eeb7f71..ff149e771bcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysdig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysdig/default.nix
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description =
       "A tracepoint-based system tracing tool for Linux (with clients for other OSes)";
-    license = with lib.licenses; [ asl20 gpl2 mit ];
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ asl20 gpl2Only mit ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ raskin ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ] ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
     broken = kernel != null && ((lib.versionOlder kernel.version "4.14") || kernel.isHardened || kernel.isZen);
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysfsutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysfsutils/default.nix
index 113ba7939a65..b0fd24c066b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysfsutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysfsutils/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         filesystem in Linux kernel versions 2.5+ that exposes a system's
         device tree.
       '';
-    license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2 lgpl21 ];
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus lgpl21 ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/default.nix
index 09f76956d7fb..cfccba6fb542 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "System logging daemon";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tbs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tbs/default.nix
index 4d4a1a96ce5f..31baf57a4eba 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tbs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tbs/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.tbsdtv.com/";
     description = "Linux driver for TBSDTV cards";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ck3d ];
     priority = -1;
     broken = kernel.kernelOlder "4.14" || kernel.kernelAtLeast "6.9";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tiptop/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tiptop/default.nix
index a26602b6b44c..919df3bbedfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tiptop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tiptop/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Performance monitoring tool for Linux";
     homepage = "http://tiptop.gforge.inria.fr";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix
index a80724f19eb5..c4222cfc3a24 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Monitoring and Testing Tool for Linux kernel thermal subsystem";
     mainProgram = "tmon";
     homepage = "https://www.kernel.org/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tp_smapi/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tp_smapi/default.nix
index d9c5921d4655..b0f760e3b00a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tp_smapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tp_smapi/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "IBM ThinkPad hardware functions driver";
     homepage = "https://github.com/linux-thinkpad/tp_smapi";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ ];
     # driver is only ment for linux thinkpads i think  bellow platforms should cover it.
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix
index 4251235469cc..211e03637d4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "GUI for trace-cmd which is an interface for the Linux kernel ftrace subsystem";
     homepage    = "https://kernelshark.org/";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ basvandijk ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tunctl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tunctl/default.nix
index 5e7fea75b6ab..40d1aa572487 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tunctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tunctl/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://tunctl.sourceforge.net/";
     description = "Utility to set up and maintain TUN/TAP network interfaces";
     mainProgram = "tunctl";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/turbostat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/turbostat/default.nix
index 4c51bca386d2..92aafcfe173f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/turbostat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/turbostat/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Report processor frequency and idle statistics";
     mainProgram = "turbostat";
     homepage = "https://www.kernel.org/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ]; # x86-specific
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ulogd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ulogd/default.nix
index 533db8f19c84..291876cc92d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ulogd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ulogd/default.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
     homepage = "https://www.netfilter.org/projects/ulogd/index.html";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ p-h ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/undervolt/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/undervolt/default.nix
index 4066139c6fc3..045667c3e3a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/undervolt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/undervolt/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
       voltage offset to one of 5 voltage planes, and override your systems temperature
       target (CPU will throttle when this temperature is reached).
     '';
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v4l2-relayd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v4l2-relayd/default.nix
index 77d7034b863b..c1d48f309409 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v4l2-relayd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v4l2-relayd/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Streaming relay for v4l2loopback using GStreamer";
     mainProgram = "v4l2-relayd";
     homepage = "https://git.launchpad.net/v4l2-relayd";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ betaboon ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v86d/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v86d/default.nix
index d59e8f52ff2b..12e9b57d001c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v86d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v86d/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Daemon to run x86 code in an emulated environment";
     mainProgram = "v86d";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mjanusz/v86d";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ codyopel ];
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/virtio_vmmci/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/virtio_vmmci/default.nix
index a0db1483c549..abb359fe06e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/virtio_vmmci/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/virtio_vmmci/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "OpenBSD VMM Control Interface (vmmci) for Linux";
     homepage = "https://github.com/voutilad/virtio_vmmci";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ qbit ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/vmm_clock/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/vmm_clock/default.nix
index 7ce99f40df1f..686a20ada243 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/vmm_clock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/vmm_clock/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description =
       "Experimental implementation of a kvmclock-derived clocksource for Linux guests under OpenBSD's hypervisor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/voutilad/vmm_clock";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ qbit ];
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wireless-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wireless-tools/default.nix
index e95506461a4b..33318b16bb81 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wireless-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wireless-tools/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Wireless tools for Linux";
     homepage = "https://hewlettpackard.github.io/wireless-tools/Tools.html";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/x86_energy_perf_policy/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/x86_energy_perf_policy/default.nix
index cbe2a8134e60..309d9865bebc 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/x86_energy_perf_policy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/x86_energy_perf_policy/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Set the energy versus performance policy preference bias on recent X86 processors";
     mainProgram = "x86_energy_perf_policy";
     homepage = "https://www.kernel.org/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ]; # x86-specific
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/x86info/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/x86info/default.nix
index f330fbbe6c7a..86830c851e55 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/x86info/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/x86info/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       frequency, and identify the cache sizes and layout.
     '';
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     homepage = "https://github.com/kernelslacker/x86info";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jcumming ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xone/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xone/default.nix
index fdc9990fb63d..b61b24229188 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xone/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Linux kernel driver for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S accessories";
     homepage = "https://github.com/medusalix/xone";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rhysmdnz ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xsensors/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xsensors/default.nix
index e3639fefffa4..d229c22ee0c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xsensors/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xsensors/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./replace-deprecated-gtk.patch
   ];
   meta = with lib; {
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };