> If you know how to program, and you can pony up $300 for the code signing certificate, chances are you probably already have the requisite identity paperwork.

> If you know how to program, and you can pony up $300 for the code signing certificate, chances are you probably already have the requisite identity paperwork. At a sample size of one (me), this is false in 100% of cases. (To be fair, you did say "chances are" rather than "it is certainly the case that".) > it's no big deal because lots of prominent software aren't signed (eg. 7zip, notepad++) Sure, but that's a argument against code signing in general, not fees versus paperwork.