I got a cease and desist from DocuSign for my free SaaS.
A couple of months ago, I saw a tweet from @awilkinson: “I just found out how much we pay for DocuSign and my jaw dropped. What's the best alternative?”
Me being naive, I thought “how hard could would it actually be to build a DocuSign alternative?”
Turns out not that hard.
In about a weekend, I built a UETA and ESIGN compliant tool. And it was free. And it cost me less than $50.
So I thought I’d share it out for free. Tweeted (Xeeted?) a link out. Went viral. At the time, I was charging $0 for it. Completely free. Had a over a thousand users sign up on the first day. All is great right?
Until DocuSign sent me an email. That I’m “in violation of Docusign’s intellectual property”. For “disseminating false and misleading statements regarding Docusign”.
What?
I never stole anything from DocuSign or made misleading statements about DocuSign.
They basically got scared that I created a free e-sign tool.
So what did I do with my free side project with a legal budget of $0?
Continued building of course. Shipped new features. Made the free product even better. It’s crazy how I now have thousands of users on Inkless who love the product.
DocuSign - maybe next time it’s better to listen to your customers rather than sending cease and desists?
For our international followers, this week's big scandal in Australia is our most famous cricket stadium has been accused of going woke after calling Christmas "Boxing Day Eve".
Those complaining missed the small detail that Boxing Day is Australia's biggest cricket event.
The BBC is in civil war over Israel and Palestine.
BBC journalists are in revolt over what they call "systematic Israeli propaganda" churned out by the Corporation.
My exclusive investigative piece for @DropSiteNews 👇
https://t.co/Aob5X3wDbj
@CerberusXt It's not woke, it just looks shit. Bad choreography, bad voice acting, cringe dialogue, and she looks like she's struggling to breath?? The fuck? she's meant to be ciri, this was a sub-par reveal