Differences between "module license" and "file license"

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

Debian testing (bookworm/sid)

  Compiling in the "build" directory:

/usr/local/bin/make
GNU Make 4.4.0.90
Built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Copyright (C) 1988-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
make check
Module License    File License   File name
================= ============== =====================================
LGPLv2+           GPL            lib/alignalloc.h
LGPLv2+           GPL            lib/alignalloc.c
GPL               LGPLv2+        lib/glob.c
GPL               LGPLv2+        lib/glob_internal.h
GPL               LGPLv2+        lib/glob_pattern_p.c
GPL               LGPLv2+        lib/globfree.c
LGPLv2+           LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ lib/uniwidth/width0.h
LGPLv2+           LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ lib/uniwidth/width2.h
make: *** [Makefile:142: sc_check_copyright] Error 1

####

./check-copyright shows in the main (master) directory:

Module License    File License   File name
================= ============== =====================================
LGPLv2+           GPL            lib/alignalloc.h
LGPLv2+           GPL            lib/alignalloc.c
GPL               LGPLv2+        lib/glob.c
GPL               LGPLv2+        lib/glob_internal.h
GPL               LGPLv2+        lib/glob_pattern_p.c
GPL               LGPLv2+        lib/globfree.c
LGPLv2+           LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ lib/uniwidth/width0.h
LGPLv2+           LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ lib/uniwidth/width2.h

with return status 1.