On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:29:23 -0500, Jesse Noller <jnol...@gmail.com> 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?
Sure, it's fine to be using it, if the legal community for some reason wants it. And very I'm grateful that the system was put in place. But I won't change my opinion that it is authentication theater, and the existence of that theater component makes me sad. And apparently I can be sad not just for us, but for those other organizations that indeed I was not aware were using it. --David _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers
