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If we regulated software like engineering, it would destroy open source. Before contributing you would need to upload your engineering certification credential
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
If we regulated software like engineering, it would destroy open source.
Before contributing you would need to upload your engineering certification credentials.
Good luck getting certified if you are under 18 or do not have a college degree.
Also, because of liability issues, employers may prevent you from contributing to open source.
- edgedetector 4y agoTraditional engineering can be done by unlicensed persons. It's just that the final design must be signed off by a licensed engineer. In the same way, open source software can be contributed to by unlicensed software engineers, but if the system will be used in a production product, it must be signed off by a licensed software engineer.
- musicale 4y ago> if the system will be used in a production product, it must be signed off by a licensed software engineer. Now I think you're talking about something that large companies could get behind: a massive barrier to market entry and competition that simultaneously neutralizes the threat of open source software while allowing them to sell it.
- Aerroon 4y ago>It's just that the final design must be signed off by a licensed engineer. This is a great way to establish a new system to elicit corruption like you get with building permits etc. After all, you don't want your design to be stuck for 9 months waiting for approval, do you?