You're welcome to license your software under terms that discriminate against oppressive regimes. Just don't call it "open source". The argument that software

You're welcome to license your software under terms that discriminate against oppressive regimes. Just don't call it "open source". The argument that software licenses should exclude certain people or fields of endeavor has been around for decades. Such licenses are outside the scope of Open Source. Specifically, such licenses do not conform to the Open Source Definition clauses 5 and 6: https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd > 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups > The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons. > 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.