[v3rt3x]

As a data scientist, and owner of a data science company, this idea is certainly tempting on the surface but unlikely to be effective or necessary in practice. I feel like in the long run, the market is generally pretty good at weeding out bad apples. There will always be companies who want to hire on the cheap and have to learn the hard way that qualified talent comes at a premium.

[OnlyOneCannolo]

> The ethical standards would have to recognize the peculiarities of the job. As opposed to lawyers, who interact directly with judges and clients, data scientists interact primarily with their employers, typically large technology companies. Their loyalties are split between the people who can fire them and the public they might be harming.

The point of the license wouldn't be to protect you from them. It would be to protect us from you.