diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/default.nix
index 62b63f7e1cab..05647af2201a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{lib, gcc10Stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+gcc10Stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "3.99-u4-b5";
-  pname = "monkeys-audio";
+  pname = "monkeys-audio-old";
 
   patches = [ ./buildfix.diff ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
+    /*
+    The real homepage is <https://monkeysaudio.com/>, but in fact we are
+    getting an old, ported to Linux version of the sources, made by (quoting
+    from the AUTHORS file found in the source):
+
+    Frank Klemm : First port to linux (with makefile)
+
+    SuperMMX <SuperMMX AT GMail DOT com> : Package the source, include the frontend and shared lib,
+         porting to Big Endian platform and adding other non-win32 enhancement.
+    */
     url = "https://deb-multimedia.org/pool/main/m/${pname}/${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0kjfwzfxfx7f958b2b1kf8yj655lp0ppmn0sh57gbkjvj8lml7nz";
   };
@@ -14,7 +24,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Lossless audio codec";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    # This is not considered a GPL license, but it seems rather free although
+    # it's not standard, see a quote of it:
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/171682#issuecomment-1120260551
+    license = licenses.free;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }