Same here.
I actually started from GNU's https://debbugs.gnu.org instance, wanted to
make this same suggestion but didn't even know where to make it.
Their footer says:

[GNU bug tracking system](https://debbugs.gnu.org)
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd,
1994-97 Ian Jackson.

where https://debbugs.gnu.org tells me everything about how to *use* the
tracker but nowhere what code powers the tracker, where to discuss issues
and what's the license.

Some searching lead me to the original bugs.debian.org instance, whose
footer says:

[Debian Bug tracking system](https://www.debian.org/Bugs/)
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd,
1994-97 Ian Jackson.

and again the https://www.debian.org/Bugs/ link tells me how to use the
software but not where it is.

It took some more googling to stumble on
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Debbugs (which is great).

It shouldn't surprise people that Debian & GNU use a bug tracker that is
itself free software.
Still, having just a copyright line, with no mention that it's free
software (and where it lives) misses an opportunity to reinforce the norm
that hosted web software can and should be inspectable and modifiable by
users.
And of course having a link would make contributing a tiny bit easier.

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