Good luck with this. Requiring licensure to publish software is as tractable as requiring licensure to publish news or literature or music. The barrier to create software is perhaps a bit higher, but not meaningfully so.

I call myself a Softwate Developer. I have an Engineering degree (Computer Engineering), but I don't wear a stripey hat, so I'm clearly not an engineer.

Employers are welcome to title me as they please, within the law. I enjoyed being titled as a Technical Yahoo, but only one company seemed to prefer that title.

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sltr 6 hours ago | parent [-]

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> Is software free speech? In the US, yes Bernstein v. United States, but causing public harm or encroaching on others' rights is not protected.

> So my WordPress blog needs a sign off for each post? That's publishing, not software, and requiring sign off on writing would encroach on free speech.

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toast0 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Would the WordPress blog need a sign off each time the style is updated... maybe, css is software, fonts are software. If you adjust a plugin or something, that probably needs a signoff.

Do you need a signoff when you update an excel sheet? Maybe only if it's published.

Do we need specific licensing to assign liability for public harm? Could we just not legislate liability on the operators of software causing public harm, and then people would be less likely to operate software in public unless the operator deems the risk low or the provider of the software offers indemnity (most likely in exchange for $$$$$).

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		I don't know the exact answers, but this lands near building a shed vs house in your backyard.