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by gkya 3256 days ago
Would that be valid in a court? Because I believe that's where these papers are going to be used at.
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It would be a matter of checking if there's any judicial precedent for digital signatures. If not, then an expert witness explaining the principles behind public/private keys, PKIs (how they're used in industry to verify the authenticity of servers), and how it compares to the "web of trust" model in terms of verifying authenticity and how it applies to FSF contributors.