aboutcode-org / aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit

Wrong license detections

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Description

The scancode is scanning license wrongly. Instead of ISC, its giving that as bsd. Attached the package as zip which is scanned and scancode result JSON for reference.

File path: etcd-3.6.4/i-am-dual-licensed-file-01.go

[etcd-with-dual-license-3.6.4.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/21917792/etcd-with-dual-license-3.6.4.zip)

[etcd-io_2025_08_21_180634.json](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/21917819/etcd-io_2025_08_21_180634.json)

We are using scancode in Linux machine and every time we are downloading the source from git.

Affected ScanCode version: 32.3.3
Affected ScanCode Output Format version: 4.0.0

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