On 9/16/14 8:13 PM, David Lang wrote: > I have been very opposed to anything like mandatory licensing I've been vocal about some aspects of this discussion so I'd like to ask the others for some opinions. There's two words we've been using a lot and either of them generates a lot of reaction but I'm wondering if some of the problem might be the language.
There's been discussions about both "certifications" and discussions about "licensing" and others about "education" which I'm going to side-step for a little while. So, given this preface, what do these two words "Certification" and "License" mean to everyone? Since I started this particular conversation, I'll start: /*License:*/ A temporary/transitory authorization by a governing body, authority, to perform some action and/or to assume some responsibility related to a specific task or tasks. Usually, by implication, acknowledging that the licensing authority has established a set of rules that the licensee has to meet or exceed in order to shoulder the responsibility of their actions and to exonerate this authority from responsibility. /*Certification:*/ A statement by a recognized (by implication) authority of the validity of statements of competence or assertions of knowledge made by a person or manufacture about a person (themselves included) or object or end-product of a task or tasks. The two "items" are not mutually exclusive or precursors to the other. You can get a license without certification and you can get certification without a license however by the acquiring the license the licensor has provided a certification to the licensee too. So, what do others think about this? Does it help us refine the discussions? -- << MCT >> Michael C Tiernan. http://www.linkedin.com/in/mtiernan Non Impediti Ratione Cogatationis Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein
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