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Rules for golang related false positives - #4694

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Both gen_const_ppc64le.go and crc32_ppc64le.s has a reference to antonblanchard/crc32-vpmsum mentioning that antonblanchard/crc32-vpmsum is dual licenses under Apache License 2.0 and GPLv2. This creates a false GPL hit for Golang in ScanCode.

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Both gen_const_ppc64le.go and crc32_ppc64le.s has a reference to
antonblanchard/crc32-vpmsum mentioning that antonblanchard/crc32-vpmsum
is dual licenses under Apache License 2.0 and GPLv2.
This creates a false GPL hit for Golang in ScanCode.

Signed-off-by: Gergely Csatari <gergely.csatari@nokia.com>
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LGTM! Thanks @CsatariGergely

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