It’s simply too free-form and the industries software is used in are… all of them. I believe it is better to certify the outputs (product features, uptime SLAs,

It’s simply too free-form and the industries software is used in are… all of them. I believe it is better to certify the outputs (product features, uptime SLAs, security) than the inputs and how the sausage is made. Software engineering is building a factory. The inputs are data. The outputs are data. All of the stuff inside the application are the different conveyor belts, elevators, gears, rollers, pounders, etchers, etc. to move and manipulate the data to make the output valuable. The factory can be constructed infinite ways without any care about physical dimensions, and the raw material can be duplicated to infinite amounts. The situation is beyond regulation and it should not be regulated. Only the product output should be regulated.