Incorrect detected "unknown-license-reference" #4380
Description
The following detection result is from busybox-1.37.0/coreutils/nproc.c
- matches:
- score: '100.0'
matcher: 2-aho
end_line: 4
rule_url: https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/tree/develop/src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-2.0_147.RULE
from_file:
start_line: 4
matched_text: ' * Licensed under GPLv2, see LICENSE in this source tree'
match_coverage: '100.0'
matched_length: 3
rule_relevance: 100
rule_identifier: gpl-2.0_147.RULE
license_expression: gpl-2.0
license_expression_spdx: GPL-2.0-only
- score: '100.0'
matcher: 2-aho
end_line: 4
rule_url: https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/tree/develop/src/licensedcode/data/rules/unknown-license-reference_see-license_1.RULE
from_file:
start_line: 4
matched_text: ' * Licensed under GPLv2, see LICENSE in this source tree'
match_coverage: '100.0'
matched_length: 2
rule_relevance: 100
rule_identifier: unknown-license-reference_see-license_1.RULE
license_expression: unknown-license-reference
license_expression_spdx: LicenseRef-scancode-unknown-license-reference
identifier: gpl_2_0_and_unknown_license_reference-aa9a8299-cf53-dffd-d6ca-ec59773a44e3
license_expression: gpl-2.0 AND unknown-license-reference
license_expression_spdx: GPL-2.0-only AND LicenseRef-scancode-unknown-license-reference
The exact same line is detected as gpl-2.0 and unknown-license-reference with the exact same score.
Another sample from ./gnutls28_3.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.3/src/gl/sys_socket.in.h
- matches:
- score: '50.0'
matcher: 2-aho
end_line: 101
rule_url: https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/tree/develop/src/licensedcode/data/rules/license-intro_2.RULE
from_file:
start_line: 101
matched_text: ' 2009-05-08, licensed under LGPLv2.1+, plus portability fixes. */'
match_coverage: '100.0'
matched_length: 2
rule_relevance: 50
rule_identifier: license-intro_2.RULE
license_expression: unknown-license-reference
license_expression_spdx: LicenseRef-scancode-unknown-license-reference
- score: '95.0'
matcher: 2-aho
end_line: 101
rule_url: https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/tree/develop/src/licensedcode/data/rules/lgpl-2.1-plus_70.RULE
from_file:
start_line: 101
matched_text: ' 2009-05-08, licensed under LGPLv2.1+, plus portability fixes. */'
match_coverage: '100.0'
matched_length: 2
rule_relevance: 95
rule_identifier: lgpl-2.1-plus_70.RULE
license_expression: lgpl-2.1-plus
license_expression_spdx: LGPL-2.1-or-later
The exact same line is detected for both unknown-license-reference and lgpl-2.1-plus. Even the lgpl-2.1-plus has higher score, the unknown-license-reference is still returned.
The unknown-license-reference should not be returned.