diff --git a/lib/licenses/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
index 170faa109bb5..99163b3773b8 100644
--- a/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
@@ -1648,6 +1648,8 @@ lib.mapAttrs mkLicense (
     vol-sl = {
       fullName = "Volatility Software License, Version 1.0";
       url = "https://www.volatilityfoundation.org/license/vsl-v1.0";
+      free = false;
+      redistributable = true;
     };
 
     vsl10 = {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vo/volatility3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vo/volatility3/package.nix
index f7062f825139..8c7fc6eca9e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vo/volatility3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vo/volatility3/package.nix
@@ -54,11 +54,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Volatile memory extraction frameworks";
     homepage = "https://www.volatilityfoundation.org/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility3/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
-    license = {
-      # Volatility Software License 1.0
-      free = false;
-      url = "https://www.volatilityfoundation.org/license/vsl-v1.0";
-    };
+    license = lib.licenses.vol-sl;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       caverav
       fab