Only if they consider it “gross” to be reminded that they are using free software that someone, somewhere created and is giving away. If their attitude is “I don’t want to be told that” then they'll be able to read the fine documentation and work out how to set the environment variable that allows them to continue in their isolated bubble, or choose to boycott those free things that offend them the most (or demand their money back 😊).
Alternatively, they might - just might - have that lightbulb moment. Some of them might even think about publishing useful things that they built for themselves, either to contribute back or to make money themselves (and, yes, we know that’s probably not realistic). Later, Andy From: Gary Gregory <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 28 August 2025 at 03:16 To: Maven Developers List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: support and funding metdata in poms and plugin From a user's point of view, this is gross. Gary On Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 21:37 Olivier Lamy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for your reply. > I wouldn’t really see this as spamming. It will be only two extra > lines at the end of a Maven build, with an easy opt-out (env var or > sys prop) for anyone who prefers not to see it. > It seems essential to keep it independent of vendors (GitHub, > Sonatype, etc.). A few lines (link to url which could be simply GH > funding url) in the POM keep it simple and entirely under the > project’s control, avoiding the hassle of new files, signatures, or > repository manager checks. > It feels like a lightweight way to surface funding or support options > for open source projects. > Since open source often relies on unpaid time and effort, having an > easy mechanism to point to support opportunities could be a small but > helpful step. > > On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 at 02:02, Bernd Eckenfels <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Martin Todorov wrote on 22. Aug 2025 13:14 (GMT +02:00): > > > > > I don't think this is spam. It's a way for developers to get an extra > > > stream of income to work on the things they love. > > > > I would not put it into the POM, those are ethernal and immutable and we > try to mini ihr them. > > > > Maybe a separate sponsors.xml as a extra artifact is better - or we get > an Organisation which already runs a Sponsoring program like GitHub to > define an official mapping from coordinatea to projects. Or maybe Sonatype > since they would be able to correlate? > > > > If you want to keep it in the POM a rather neutral attribute like a > @sponsor-search=true flag besides the project url would allow the discovery > (on that page). Then we would have to define that only the latest Version > of each artifact is to be consulted. But not sure how possible a Schema > change is? > > > > Gruß > > Bernd > > — > > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbernd.eckenfels.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C2d468d122ae641b8336e08dde5d8f115%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638919442109154319%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2BS%2BTwm2QSrD7ozhdStToqVODj0Y%2B4omt0%2FlyhF10ow%3D&reserved=0<https://bernd.eckenfels.net/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.
