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We should, but this isn't the right way to have the discussion IMO. As OP noted, this is impossible to enforce, so it's more symbolic than anything. Which is fine, but it comes with the cost that anyone in a company that observes OSS licenses will need to decide whether it's worth having legal sign off on it, even if they aren't involved with a military (since it doesn't fit under a pre-approved license). This applies not only to OP's code, but any code that uses it as well, so even if OP decides this cost is worth it other non-military users may avoid the code anyway.

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