[patmcc]

Whether or not it's OSI approved or not isn't relevant, but if it doesn't meet their definition or something similar (https://opensource.org/osd) then it probably isn't what most of us would call open source.

How about I create a license called the ABA (anyone but amazon) license. If you're not Amazon/AWS/a subsidiary, it's just the MIT license. If you are, then you have no rights to use the software. Would you call that an open source license? I wouldn't. An important point (I thought) of open source was that the rules are the same for all, whether you're using it for personal projects or the biggest business on earth, whether you charge money for it or do it for free.