Bug#1051840: licensecheck: Incorrect license reported for appstream metadata

[Peter B]

Package: licensecheck
Version: 3.3.9-1
Severity: minor
X-Debbugs-Cc: peter at pblackman.plus.com

Dear Maintainer,

Appstream metadata files have two license fields;
1) <metadata_license>
2) <Project_license>

The license for the file itself is the metadata license,
but licensecheck reports using the project license.

Example here
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/strawberry/-/blob/master/dist/unix/org.strawberrymusicplayer.strawberry.appdata.xml

File license is CC0-1.0, but licensecheck reports GPL.


Note, also the project license is GPL-3+, not just GPL.



Regards,
Peter B