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Hi everyone, my name is Alex and I'm the creator of DocuSeal. I was not happy with the existing mainstream document signing solutions so I decided to create an open-source alternative. I've been working on this project since the middle of May and here is what the tool can do so far: - PDF form fields builder - 10 field types available (Signature/Date/File/Checkbox etc) - Multiple submitters per document - Automated e…
What is the bar for a "legally binding digital signature"? Is this a very complicated topic - or is it quite simple? I can sign a PDF with OSX Preview for free. I can pay a bunch of money to sign with Docusign. Both produce a PDF with a digital image of my signature. I assume both documents constitute a legally binding agreement, so long as I actually preformed the digital signature. What justification do the e-signa…
As always, it depends on the jurisdiction. The EU has the eIDAS [1] which allows simple signatures such as these for most form-free-contracts (the majority). There are however some, which need a digital cert and have to be encrypted. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIDAS
Docudeal looks really cool and simple! and compared to the crazy costs of HelloSign, Docusign etc.
One thing I would say is provide a RestAPI so easy to integrate into our own applications so we can have the GUI on our side.
Hi everyone, my name is Alex and I'm the creator of DocuSeal. I was not happy with the existing mainstream document signing solutions so I decided to create an open-source alternative. I've been working on this project since the middle of May and here is what the tool can do so far: - PDF form fields builder - 10 field types available (Signature/Date/File/Checkbox etc) - Multiple submitters per document - Automated e…
What is the bar for a "legally binding digital signature"? Is this a very complicated topic - or is it quite simple? I can sign a PDF with OSX Preview for free. I can pay a bunch of money to sign with Docusign. Both produce a PDF with a digital image of my signature. I assume both documents constitute a legally binding agreement, so long as I actually preformed the digital signature. What justification do the e-signa…
> What justification do the e-signature SaaS companies have for their exorbitant prices? They will defend their digital signature in court. I was shocked to find these "click here to sign" contracts manage to do it all without an ounce of cryptography, but the fact is lawyers don't need cold hard math, they need a warm body to be a subject matter expert to explain to a jury that unless you're claiming someone else ha…
One of the features DocuSign charges a lot of money for is batch envelopes, like uploading a CSV to fill out fields and send to different recipients (basically Mail Merge). Is this something that could work in DocuSeal?
But I’m sure this can work the other way around - it should be easy to make it possible to import contacts from csv to collect signatures and data from the PDF submissions form in batches.
What is the bar for a "legally binding digital signature"? Is this a very complicated topic - or is it quite simple? I can sign a PDF with OSX Preview for free. I can pay a bunch of money to sign with Docusign. Both produce a PDF with a digital image of my signature. I assume both documents constitute a legally binding agreement, so long as I actually preformed the digital signature. What justification do the e-signa…
I think there's more to that. A proper digital signature requires you to obtain some certificate/key from an authority which you can then use to sign documents (this doesn't even require an image of your physical signature in the document). This proves that it was actually you who signed the document. The document also can't be altered afterwards without rendering the signature invalid etc. Just adding the image of y…
Hi everyone, my name is Alex and I'm the creator of DocuSeal. I was not happy with the existing mainstream document signing solutions so I decided to create an open-source alternative. I've been working on this project since the middle of May and here is what the tool can do so far: - PDF form fields builder - 10 field types available (Signature/Date/File/Checkbox etc) - Multiple submitters per document - Automated e…
what a great idea, thank you very much. Two years ago I was evaluating different signing solutions for the company I worked with and there were two killer features that forced us to go with docusign since at the time they were the only ones really supporting it:
1. Relaying of Submissions to other Signers
We often found that we needed to get a Signature from someone at another company. However, we couldn't a priori say "Person X has to sign it". Often we had a contact person that would help us navigate the internal structure of the other company and relay the signing to that person. Docusign has the ability to allow us to say this person we know can decide who has to sign this document, even if we don't know that person. No one else at the time supported that use case.
2. Qualified Electronic Signatures
So... Here in Germany our Government has some kind of Angst (might call it german angst) of anything digital. A Handwritten signature on a piece of paper is held in such high regards that the digital equivalent (qualified electronic signatures) require a video ident workflow with a passport held into the camera and so on. This has to be done via a third party service that takes like 15-20 Euro per validation. I know it's insane. There's a reason that theres no german silicon valley... Anyway, there are many situations where this level of validation is required by law.
Just my 2cts after dealing with this issue here, I think 1. is something you might look into implementing, cause it's a use case that might come up more often, 2. is just really annoying for everyone.
What is the bar for a "legally binding digital signature"? Is this a very complicated topic - or is it quite simple? I can sign a PDF with OSX Preview for free. I can pay a bunch of money to sign with Docusign. Both produce a PDF with a digital image of my signature. I assume both documents constitute a legally binding agreement, so long as I actually preformed the digital signature. What justification do the e-signa…
However, the burden of proof is higher if you dispute a "qualified electronic signature". To be qualified, there's no specific technical requirements, e.g. use of cryptographic signatures, but you'd need to be certified and registered as a “Remote QSCD” according to ETSI EN 419 241‐2 PP.
Self-hosting this solution (or using PGP) won't magically make you a certified QSCD trust provider. You need to convince some certifying body that everything is nice and safe, which will mostly involve a lot of paper work and (evidence of) processes being in place.
Hi everyone, my name is Alex and I'm the creator of DocuSeal. I was not happy with the existing mainstream document signing solutions so I decided to create an open-source alternative. I've been working on this project since the middle of May and here is what the tool can do so far: - PDF form fields builder - 10 field types available (Signature/Date/File/Checkbox etc) - Multiple submitters per document - Automated e…
What mechanism(s) is used to ensure non-repudiation?
I appreciate that the demo is not behind a sign up wall, but is account creation and email verification required for invitees to sign any documents?
Are IP addresses stored as part of the digital signature?
Any other mechanism?