aboutcode-org / aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit

Scancode doesn't detect correct licenses

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Description

[LICENSE.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17905178/LICENSE.txt)
**Describe the bug**

ScanCode on LICENSE.txt file detects "SAX-PD" license with a score of 100 and "SAX-PD AND LGPL-2.1-or-later" license, with a score of 95, even though those are not present.

**System configuration**

Which version of ScanCode.io are you running? 32.2.1
Are you running the app using Docker? yes

**Expected behavior**
Correct licenses should be detected

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