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by tobylane 504 days ago
That's non-free. Quoting from https://opensource.org/osd

> 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.

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nonfree according to OSI and several other organizations. If you have strong feelings that direct you in such a way, there's no reason to hold their opinion in sacred regard. Multiple philosophies can coexist. The DFSG and the FSF's schools of thought for instance are often in conflict and yet the world keeps on spinning.

Your custom license built with your own philosophy will still interoperate just fine with many common open source licenses, and as a bonus for some, will ward off corporations with cautious lawyers who don't like unknown software licenses.

Non-open, you mean. OSI never tried to contribute to the free software movement.
Indeed. One of the most important freedoms you grant to others by using an Open Source license is the freedom to do something you might not like.