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KeePassXC maintainer here.

This comment is really funny and made me laugh.

Anyway we are following the Debian guidelines. The full copyright for each component and file is specified in the COPYING file in the root of the repository along side with each author.

Not all parts of the source code are available under the same license. The individual source code files include the applicable license. Doing this is fine for compatible licenses and not unusual for projects, though it can make certain things more complicated. Here's an example of what GNU says about GPL compatibility[1] - roughly meaning the whole work is published as GPL.

[1]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesCompatMean

https://keepassxc.org/

> The full source code is published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. We see open source as a vital prerequisite for any security-critical software product. For that reason, KeePassXC is and always will be free as in freedom (and in beer). Contributions by everyone are welcome!