Description
https://github.com/django/django/blob/4.2.5/django/utils/baseconv.py is being wrongly detected as being Python-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later, although it explicitly states:
This Baseconv distribution contains no GNU General Public Licensed (GPLed) code so it may be used in proprietary projects just like prior baseconv distributions.
How To Reproduce
wget https://github.com/django/django/raw/4.2.5/django/utils/baseconv.pyscancode -l --license-text --license-text-diagnostics --yaml error.yml baseconv.pycat error.yml
Result
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- baseconv.py
--license: yes
--license-text: yes
--license-text-diagnostics: yes
--yaml: error.yml
notice: |
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System configuration
OpenSUSE Leap 15.4, running Python 3.9 with scancode-toolkit==32.0.6, installed from PIP
Description
https://github.com/django/django/blob/4.2.5/django/utils/baseconv.py is being wrongly detected as being
Python-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later, although it explicitly states:How To Reproduce
wget https://github.com/django/django/raw/4.2.5/django/utils/baseconv.pyscancode -l --license-text --license-text-diagnostics --yaml error.yml baseconv.pycat error.ymlResult
System configuration
OpenSUSE Leap 15.4, running Python 3.9 with
scancode-toolkit==32.0.6, installed from PIP