> Why are our professions different? Largely because of the industrial exemption. The liability you want is already absorbed by employers. The only thing that

> Why are our professions different? Largely because of the industrial exemption. The liability you want is already absorbed by employers. The only thing that industrial exemption doesn't apply to is structural designs. I see no reason to treat software any different than chips or automobiles, so I don't really think it would change much. Certainly we wouldn't hold network engineers personally liable for outages or whatever else you have in mind.