Apache 2.0 license header detected as commented out Java code

  • Operating system: Debian trixie
  • SonarLint plugin version: 10.0.1.81733
  • Programming language you’re coding in: Java
  • Is connected mode used: No

The following block:

// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
/*
 * extended-functions
 * Copyright 2021-2024 Marko Zajc
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

Specifically this line:

* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

Is detected as java:S125 (Sections of code should not be commented out). Pasting this comment into any source file should trigger this error, and an example source file can be found here.