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The search result license filter on the right is broken, when filtering for "Sampling+" licensed.

The reason is that in the corresponding link, the "+" sign has to be URL encoded to %2B.

E.g.

https://freesound.org/search/?g=1&q;=scream&f;=%20license:%22Sampling+%22
is broken and returns no results, but
https://freesound.org/search/?g=1&q;=scream&f;=%20license:%22Sampling%2B%22
works.

Well spotted.

The Sampling+ license has been retired and I'm pretty sure all sampling+ licenses were converted into CC-BY licenses upon the retirement so not being able to see them in the search doesn't matter because they appear in the other filter.

Definitely a nagging little problem though.

I'm going to report this.

Thanks for reporting!

This is certainly a bug which affects any filter with non alphanumerical characters in it which are nor correctly URL encoded (as Thyron_Thyron pointed our). We'll fix this.

Regarding Sampling+ licenses, Sam is right that it was retired. Nevertheless, we can't convert the licences automatically without user consent, and there are a number of sounds which have been never updated to newer CC licenses. There is not much we can do about that except for insisting again on the authors.