If this is true, it's far better news than Let's Encrypt ever was. I tried the Let's Encrypt beta and was extremely disappointed that getting a certificate isn't possible with DNS records—you have to do the challenge response by serving a page from the live server. This is a non-starter for many use cases. If every CA is going to be offering certs free soon, at least one of them is bound to have a real API that's not encumbered by terrible tooling.