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We shouldn't be celebrating military forces, a branch of the government that is notoriously expensive for tax payers, to use FOSS without giving anything significant back in return.
Check out @themurphy@lemmy.ml 's comment. They did contribute significantly. Also, y'know, it's in the article and on the post itself...
I get where you're coming from, but Military documents getting out of Microsoft's(USA) reach is absolutely something positive