Chapter Nineteen. Stinking Badges

Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.

GOLD HAT BANDITO, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

Few issues are as controversial to software developers as the issues of licensing and certification. Most of the discussion about these issues creates far more heat than light. Misunderstandings of the distinction between licensing and certification are rampant. Will you have to be certified? Will you have to be licensed? How will these issues affect you? This chapter addresses these questions.