Following up from comments posted in @alok1304 's #4121 (comment)_

You can improve this further this way:

1. create tests adding a test and expected file in https://github.com/aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit/tree/develop/tests/licensedcode/data/datadriven/lic4 ... see all examples of test file pairs there.

The test for #3860 and #3861 would be the same with this text (like for https://github.com/aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit/blob/develop/tests/licensedcode/data/datadriven/lic4/2675-sqlite.cpp )

# Copyright: (c) 2020, Jordan Borean (@jborean93) <jborean93@gmail.com>
# MIT License (see LICENSE or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

And expected YAML file, (like for https://github.com/aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit/blob/develop/tests/licensedcode/data/datadriven/lic4/2675-sqlite.cpp.yml )

license_expressions:
 - mit

2. Also add a few new rules with this related contents (this can be a separate PR alright):

---
license_expression: mit
is_license_notice: yes
relevance: 100
referenced_filenames:
 - LICENSE
ignorable_urls:
 - https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
---
{{MIT License (see LICENSE or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) }}

And another:

---
license_expression: mit
is_license_notice: yes
relevance: 100
referenced_filenames:
 - LICENSE
---
{{MIT License (see LICENSE) }}

And a few variations that can bee seen in the wild if we do not detect these exactly:

• Search for .MD variants: https://github.com/search?q="MIT+License+(see+LICENSE.md)"&type=code
  • MIT License (see LICENSE.md)
  • distributed under MIT license (see LICENSE.md). https://github.com/modeladonicho/Maxent/blob/a500e9108e7edeeea8558cd8ed43e622bedc410d/license-summary.txt#L1
  • https://github.com/zeux/meshoptimizer/blob/58b0ff55c04c650c873409c0f557e7810a1f1a35/README.md?plain=1#L598
  • https://github.com/search?q="MIT+License+(see+LICENSE.md)"&type=code
  • https://github.com/benderjs/benderjs/blob/39c2159d882d0837ddbfd7b8a19a2ce39738f75a/lib/constants.js#L3
  • https://github.com/inunix3/rxpipes/blob/d99c35f2d1d5f623f07c9b74356015480e557a1c/src/pipe.rs#L3
  • https://github.com/marcusschiesser/openbahn-api/blob/9f50b34293837bd0afe8e31c93e3911c06524b7e/README.md?plain=1#L14
  • https://github.com/GrenDrake/glulx-assemble/blob/213a452d186be4fbe9ad449f2de2249244e6b483/demos/minimal.ga#L7
  • https://github.com/iddev5/cobalt/blob/0de6c1600bad5213ec8d053e654300bf54a2b721/cobalt#L5
  • https://github.com/LAiSR-SK/AiRobustnessTestingKit-AiR-TK-/blob/39b0632e55bd3768267f8451c76f532cbe79ca3a/src/airtk/__init__.py#L2
  • https://github.com/Stevie-O/delayed-ldr-controlled-led/blob/fbbeb26ab969cdd0135812ea2c100e13adaa962b/ldrmon.h#L8
  • https://github.com/mlewand/benderjs-yui/blob/c7112ada1af11823cc4d5b89f12c666add027c07/lib/index.js#L3
  • https://github.com/jcoliz/defender-endpoint-samples/blob/3f32a2c7fa6ee9de7210aaace33710b1487da80d/hello-world/Program.cs#L2
  • https://github.com/anmarques/CLoVER/blob/71996b3cda3e91ecd9696d89d6a088215062e203/source/GP.py#L6
  • https://github.com/zeux/meshoptimizer/blob/58b0ff55c04c650c873409c0f557e7810a1f1a35/README.md?plain=1#L598

And all the variations where there is a LICENSE.txt:

• https://github.com/search?q="MIT+License+(see+LICENSE.txt)"&type=code

And a few rst:

• https://github.com/search?q="MIT+License+(see+LICENSE.rst)"&type=code

And more variants:

• https://github.com/search?q="MIT+License+(see+LICENSE+file)"&type=code