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Re:Emacs and Magit by secstate on Friday July 21, 2017 @12:24PM (#14821743)
Well played, sir. Given the nature of FSF's business you'd think they'd be on the cutting edge of digital identification and authentication. GPG keys a thousand times better at properly identifying an owner than an easily forged pen-and-paper signature.

For that matter, why not have a blockchain assignment process? Given what a vanguard for technology FSF used to be it's a shame to watch it devolve at the pace of bureaucracy.

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Re:Emacs and Magit by robotresearcher on Friday July 21, 2017 @01:26PM (#14822258)
> Given the nature of FSF's business you'd think they'd be on the cutting edge of digital identification and authentication.

The FSF is very careful about the legal system. Signed paper contracts are a robust legal technology. When something important happens, they don't want a judge to be distracted by unfamiliar things.

edit: they also have digital signing in a couple of different forms.

https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-now-offering-paperle...

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