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Re:Show HN: OpenSign – The open source alternative to DocuSign by figassis on Saturday October 28, 2023 @06:21PM (#38053945)
Wouldn’t it be amazing, since e signatures have been around for ages, that governments just published the requirements for legally binding digital signatures rather than ask each maker to go talk to them and get some obscure license or blessing?
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Re:Show HN: OpenSign – The open source alternative to DocuSign by amolshejole on Saturday October 28, 2023 @06:39PM (#38054062)
Yeh, its already happening in a lot of regions across the world. We see a future that will have more open standards, it is precisely the reason we are working on this solution now.
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Re:Show HN: OpenSign – The open source alternative to DocuSign by jeron on Saturday October 28, 2023 @07:50PM (#38054566)
How else will DocuSign have a moat??
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Re:Show HN: OpenSign – The open source alternative to DocuSign by eKIK on Saturday October 28, 2023 @11:16PM (#38055570)
In the EU this is actually the case since 2016. There's this regulation called eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services).

Article 26 (linked below) describes the requirements for an electronic signature to be legally binding.

https://www.eid.as/#article26 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIDAS

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