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    Sorry, but I can't get into more details regarding how and why this happened, other than to say that the change went under the radar internally for quite a while and that we announced it as soon as the change was brought to the attention of the Community team. We now have processes in place regarding ToS changes that should help to prevent this from happening in the future (though of course, no process is perfect, and mistakes do happen). Commented May 12, 2020 at 9:00
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    As for your 'questions raised at the time of the relicensing', that particular one is answered on another post a few days later, perhaps duplicating those posts makes sense. Commented May 12, 2020 at 9:02
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    We noticed the same day the TOS changes were announced. I trust now though that SE's changes in regards to MSE will hopefully mean that our posts here have a higher chance of being seen and relayed to the relevant company staff. 😊 Commented May 12, 2020 at 9:03
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    @Tinkeringbell I think 22 is more than "a few", and much discussion was had there about how that post answers nothing. Commented May 12, 2020 at 14:49
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    @OrangeDog it answers the question 'were lawyers involved' (yes), and you might need to recalibrate your calculator. Question linked by Sonic is asked Sep 22 '19, answer I linked was written Sep 27 '19. I think that's 5 days, which is less than 6-8 so 'a few' seems very well applicable. Commented May 12, 2020 at 15:05
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    @Tinkeringbell I was counting from "at the time of re-licensing". The separate question posts were only made after the initial ones were ignored. It also doesn't answer that question. It states that lawyers are involved now, but not whether they were consulted before the ToS change. Commented May 12, 2020 at 15:14