So, historically the creation of bureaucracy in the US government included industry professionals to guide the requirements and a public comment period before finalization. This is done because most people in government recognize they are not up to date on the latest industry knowledge.
Destroying everything and creating a new bureaucracy is in absolutely no way better than fixing the original one on updated information.
It seems you may have fallen victim to the very well thought out "government bad!" argument.
Currently being certified has no value, not to Open Source, not to Closed Source, since companies are clearly doing fine without it. So it's hard to see them paying extra for it.
We've had professional certifications for years. Novell, Citrix, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, they all make money selling certification to naive users. Anyone who's bothered knows they don't really mean much.
But hey, if you think there's demand, set up a body and give it a go. Personally I think it's a waste of time, but if you can get enough companies to care, and enough developers to pay, you'll have a nice business.
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I do want to be certified. I think it would be a great way to make money building Open Source Software.
If required by law, companies would care.
The sorry state of our industry means the opposite: the problem is big, but lack of teeth means companies can ignore it and externalize the costs.
I'd prefer to create our own bureaucracy, not have governments push one on us, like the Cyber Resilience Act does in the EU.
So, historically the creation of bureaucracy in the US government included industry professionals to guide the requirements and a public comment period before finalization. This is done because most people in government recognize they are not up to date on the latest industry knowledge.
Destroying everything and creating a new bureaucracy is in absolutely no way better than fixing the original one on updated information.
It seems you may have fallen victim to the very well thought out "government bad!" argument.
Currently being certified has no value, not to Open Source, not to Closed Source, since companies are clearly doing fine without it. So it's hard to see them paying extra for it.
We've had professional certifications for years. Novell, Citrix, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, they all make money selling certification to naive users. Anyone who's bothered knows they don't really mean much.
But hey, if you think there's demand, set up a body and give it a go. Personally I think it's a waste of time, but if you can get enough companies to care, and enough developers to pay, you'll have a nice business.
Herding cats sounds easier.