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 == What is the origin of the name "Nix" ==
-The name <code>Nix</code> is derived from the Dutch word [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nix niks], meaning ''nothing'';build actions do not see anything that has not been explicitly declared as an input > [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5fd8/8f89bd8738816e62808a1b7fb12d3ab14a2f.pdf Nix: A Safe and Policy-Free System for Software Deployment, page 2]
+The name <code>Nix</code> comes from the Dutch word [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nix niks] which means ''nothing''. It reflects the fact that Nix derivations do not have access to anything that has not been explicitly declared as an input.<ref>Eelco Dolstra et al. “Nix: A Safe and Policy-Free System for Software Deployment.” LiSA (2004), https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5fd8/8f89bd8738816e62808a1b7fb12d3ab14a2f.pdf</ref>
 == References ==
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