It's not software engineering that needs licensing, but their managers. They need to listen to their engineers when they say that refactoring is needed, instead of "this cost money now and doesn't earn me more money now, so request declined".
Yes, "shipping is a feature", but "it compiles" is not enough to just "ship it": you need to spend serious time to test it.
Yes, "shipping is a feature", but "it compiles" is not enough to just "ship it": you need to spend serious time to test it.
I'm sure you all can come up with more examples