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"Go license" is barely a license clue
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https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/blob/develop/src/licensedcode/data/rules/bsd-new_1282.RULE with "go license" is not enough for a license reference. This is a weak clue.
It triggers false positive as in:
- https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/blob/v68.0.0/documentation/code-generation.md?plain=1#L25
- https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/blob/v68.0.0/eng/tools/generator/autorest/testdata/missing_batch_readme.go.md?plain=1#L6
Another way could be to tag with is_continuous and discard matches with is_continuous also when there are punctuations
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