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On MetaI found a minor bug, and after a search here on Meta.SE, I discovered that it had been bug I did findreported all the way back in 2013
That no-one had paid any mind
I then took a step
And gave up some rep
For. To draw a bugbit of attention to it, I had found -then added a bounty to the same kindpost.

Then, when I went on to "share"
The popup appeared with a flair
WithThe past hadn't been edited in a while, so the license was CC
That I plainly could see
Should never have really been there-by-SA 3.

For the post0 (and that was historic and old
Onconfirmed in the timeline, "3 of the post).0" showed there bold
But However, went I went to share the link, the share popout told me four
To thethat it had a license of 4.0. Apparently, my bounty eyes tore
And the truth so at last had been toldcaused the license to update - which shouldn't happen, since I didn't edit the text in any way. (I have since edited the post, but there are screenshots below.)


On Meta a bug I did find
That no-one had paid any mind
I then took a step
And gave up some rep
For a bug I had found - the same kind

Then, when I went on to "share"
The popup appeared with a flair
With a license CC
That I plainly could see
Should never have really been there.

For the post was historic and old
On the timeline, "3.0" showed there bold
But the share told me four
To the bounty eyes tore
And the truth so at last had been told.

Share button showing a 4.0 license

My bounty, to show this bug's plight
Has updated the licensing right
Now this should not be
'Tis plain, we can see —
The content has not changed in sight

My bounty, to show this bug's plight
Has updated the licensing right
Now this should not be
'Tis plain, we can see —
The content has not changed in sight

The post timeline, showing a 4.0 CC license at the top but no revisions with a 4.0 license

On Meta a bug I did find
That no-one had paid any mind
I then took a step
And gave up some rep
For a bug I had found - the same kind

Then, when I went on to "share"
The popup appeared with a flair
With a license CC
That I plainly could see
Should never have really been there.

For the post was historic and old
On the timeline, "3.0" showed there bold
But the share told me four
To the bounty eyes tore
And the truth so at last had been told.

Share button showing a 4.0 license

My bounty, to show this bug's plight
Has updated the licensing right
Now this should not be
'Tis plain, we can see —
The content has not changed in sight

The post timeline, showing a 4.0 CC license at the top but no revisions with a 4.0 license

I found a minor bug, and after a search here on Meta.SE, I discovered that it had been reported all the way back in 2013. To draw a bit of attention to it, I then added a bounty to the post.

The past hadn't been edited in a while, so the license was CC-by-SA 3.0 (and that was confirmed in the timeline of the post). However, went I went to share the link, the share popout told me that it had a license of 4.0. Apparently, my bounty had caused the license to update - which shouldn't happen, since I didn't edit the text in any way. (I have since edited the post, but there are screenshots below.)


On Meta a bug I did find
That no-one had paid any mind
I then took a step
And gave up some rep
For a bug I had found - the same kind

Then, when I went on to "share"
The popup appeared with a flair
With a license CC
That I plainly could see
Should never have really been there.

For the post was historic and old
On the timeline, "3.0" showed there bold
But the share told me four
To the bounty eyes tore
And the truth so at last had been told.

Share button showing a 4.0 license

My bounty, to show this bug's plight
Has updated the licensing right
Now this should not be
'Tis plain, we can see —
The content has not changed in sight

The post timeline, showing a 4.0 CC license at the top but no revisions with a 4.0 license

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