I did a test with this(saved the game first) and declared was on Scotland in 1403. They was allied to Denmark and France. They both joined the war and France got warleader. They called in all their vassals ofcourse, but Denmark did also call in all their allied, not only Norway, but 3-4 others too, AFTER France had become warleader. How is that possible? I do have the 5.1 patch installed and I thought that that ment only France coudl call in allies and not Denmark too?
Nations will always be able to call in vassals and people they lead a PU with. Denmark at game start leads a PU with Sweden and Norway, and has Holstein as a vassal. So while they didn't become warleader and couldn't call in their independent alliances, they did call in three more nations. Potentially due to early wars they could acquire another vassal (or get lucky and get another PU), but that isn't too likely.