Wix: Introduce the Open Source Maintenance Fee

Summary

User story As a WiX maintainer, the Open Source Maintenance Fee provides funding for ongoing maintenance tasks that would ensure the long-term sustainability of the WiX Toolset. Proposal Open Source Maintenance Fee Introduction To ensure the long-term sustainability of this project, we are introducing an Open Source Maintenance Fee. This fee is required to be paid by all consumers of the WiX Toolset project who generate revenue. You can pay via GitHub Sponsors. We plan to enforce the maintenance fee starting with the release of WiX v6.0 on April 5th, 2025. At that time, a EULA on binary releases (including those published to GitHub and NuGet.org) requires payment of the Maintenance Fee. Please see the Open Source Maintenance Fee for more information. Steps to complete: Get final EULA from lawyers Get final EULA from lawyers Add EULA to .nupkgs Add EULA to .nupkgs Sign up for GitHub Sponsorship and create the tiers: Small organization (< 20 people): $10/mo Medium organization (20-100 people): $40/mo Large organization (> 100 people): $60/mo Sign up for GitHub Sponsorship and create the tiers: Update README Note: Customers of WiX Developer Direct do NOT need to pay the Open Source Maintenance Fee, as it is included as part of their support agreement. Considerations No response