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StackExchange is changing the data dump process, potentially violating the CC BY-SA license
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They aren't violating it, because they can do whatever they want with the data you give them, including not releasing it at all. What they're doing is providing it with a completely inconsistent license which says you can use it for commercial use but you promise not to use it for commercial use.