[python-committers] echosign

[Jesse Noller]

On Monday, March 4, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Jesse Noller wrote:

> 
> 
> On Monday, March 4, 2013 at 10:24 AM, R. David Murray wrote:
> 
> > I applaud the foundation for getting an electronic signature method in
> > place.
> > 
> > However, I have to say that to my mind echosign is nothing more than
> > "authentication theater", and I wonder if it is going to make us look
> > more than a bit clueless to the tech community. I'm surprised that
> > a lawyer would consider a "signature" generated from typed text to be
> > useful for anything. If you are are going to accept the typed signature,
> > just accept the typed signature.
> > 
> > I was asked to sign a legal document I cared about that way once and I refused.
> > 
> > At least there's a way to upload a real signature.
> > 
> > --David
> You mean like OpenStack who also uses this? And Opscode, Eucalyptus, and others? 

See also: Google's: https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual 

So, multiple corporations who pay their lawyers a *lot* more than we pay ours, backing large open source projects have moved to authentication theater. I'm pretty happy we have the option now, since not offering electronic CLAs has been a complaint for the past 5+ years.