Do you mean licensing as in a structural engineer must be licensed and bonded before approving (and accepting liability) for a structure, or licensing as in “we

Do you mean licensing as in a structural engineer must be licensed and bonded before approving (and accepting liability) for a structure, or licensing as in “we have to have purity in our profession and only the right people should be software engineers” ala the 1000 hours it takes to get a cosmetology license in my state (NY)?