The Most Popular Open Source Hardware Licenses (2016-2025)

What are the most popular open source hardware licenses? How has that popularity changed over time? Is there anything to be learned from the ups and downs of various licenses? This Open Hardware Month my modern mind, like yours, had these three questions . Fortunately, the OSHWA Open Source Hardware Certification API makes it possible to start answering them. This post has leaderboards for all of…