diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..602ace2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Copyright (2026) Databricks, Inc.
+
+This Software includes software developed at Databricks (https://www.databricks.com/) and its use
+is subject to the included LICENSE file.
diff --git a/server/opensharing-server/pom.xml b/server/opensharing-server/pom.xml
index f5f18da6..16f7c204 100644
--- a/server/opensharing-server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/opensharing-server/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <artifactId>opensharing-server</artifactId>
 
   <name>OpenSharing Reference Server</name>
-  <description>Runnable OpenSharing server for standalone deployments</description>
+  <description>Standalone OpenSharing server built on opensharing-server-core</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
+            <id>exec-jar</id>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>shade</goal>
@@ -89,6 +90,99 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <!-- Fails the build on a runtime dependency whose license is missing or not allowed. It runs
+           after packaging so that the THIRD-PARTY.txt it writes stays out of the jar. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludedScopes>test,provided,system</excludedScopes>
+          <failOnMissing>true</failOnMissing>
+          <failOnBlacklist>true</failOnBlacklist>
+          <includedLicenses>
+            <includedLicense>Apache-2.0</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>BSD-2-Clause</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>BSD-3-Clause</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>CC0-1.0</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>EDL-1.0</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>EPL-1.0</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>EPL-2.0</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>MIT</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>MIT-0</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>MPL-2.0</includedLicense>
+            <!-- Allowed as unmodified dependencies; reviewed per artifact, as listed below. -->
+            <includedLicense>LGPL-2.1-or-later</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>GPL-2.0-with-classpath-exception</includedLicense>
+            <includedLicense>GPL-2.0-with-universal-FOSS-exception</includedLicense>
+          </includedLicenses>
+          <licenseMerges>
+            <licenseMerge>
+              Apache-2.0 | Apache License, Version 2.0 | The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
+              | Apache License 2.0 | The Apache License, Version 2.0 | Apache 2
+              | Apache Software License - Version 2.0 | Apache 2.0 | Apache License, version 2.0
+              | Apache License Version 2.0
+            </licenseMerge>
+            <licenseMerge>BSD-2-Clause | BSD 2-Clause License</licenseMerge>
+            <licenseMerge>BSD-3-Clause | BSD New license | Go License</licenseMerge>
+            <licenseMerge>CC0-1.0 | Public Domain, per Creative Commons CC0</licenseMerge>
+            <licenseMerge>
+              EDL-1.0 | Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 | Eclipse Distribution License - v 1.0
+              | EDL 1.0
+            </licenseMerge>
+            <licenseMerge>
+              EPL-1.0 | Eclipse Public License - v 1.0 | Eclipse Public License - Version 1.0
+              | EPL 1.0
+            </licenseMerge>
+            <licenseMerge>EPL-2.0 | Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 | EPL 2.0</licenseMerge>
+            <licenseMerge>LGPL-2.1 | GNU Lesser General Public License</licenseMerge>
+            <!-- hibernate-core, hibernate-hikaricp -->
+            <licenseMerge>
+              LGPL-2.1-or-later | GNU Library General Public License v2.1 or later
+            </licenseMerge>
+            <!-- jakarta.transaction-api, javax.annotation-api -->
+            <licenseMerge>
+              GPL-2.0-with-classpath-exception | GPL2 w/ CPE | CDDL + GPLv2 with classpath exception
+            </licenseMerge>
+            <!-- mysql-connector-j -->
+            <licenseMerge>
+              GPL-2.0-with-universal-FOSS-exception
+              | The GNU General Public License, v2 with Universal FOSS Exception, v1.0
+            </licenseMerge>
+            <licenseMerge>MIT | The MIT License (MIT) | The MIT License | MIT license</licenseMerge>
+            <licenseMerge>MPL-2.0 | MPL 2.0</licenseMerge>
+          </licenseMerges>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>third-party</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>add-third-party</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- Maven Central gets the library jar only. -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>exec-jar</id>
+                <phase>none</phase>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 287199aa..ccf4c97f 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+         child.project.url.inherit.append.path="false">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <groupId>io.opensharing</groupId>
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 
   <name>OpenSharing</name>
   <description>Reference implementation of the OpenSharing protocol</description>
+  <url>https://github.com/OpenSharing-IO/OpenSharing</url>
 
   <modules>
     <module>opensharing-server-core</module>
@@ -21,9 +23,41 @@
     <license>
       <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
       <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
     </license>
   </licenses>
 
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>chakankardb</id>
+      <name>Abhijit Chakankar</name>
+      <url>https://github.com/chakankardb</url>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>hueyhuilonghan</id>
+      <name>Huey Han</name>
+      <url>https://github.com/hueyhuilonghan</url>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>linzhou-db</id>
+      <name>Lin Zhou</name>
+      <url>https://github.com/linzhou-db</url>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>littlegrasscao</id>
+      <name>Sun Cao</name>
+      <url>https://github.com/littlegrasscao</url>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+
+  <scm child.scm.connection.inherit.append.path="false"
+       child.scm.developerConnection.inherit.append.path="false"
+       child.scm.url.inherit.append.path="false">
+    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/OpenSharing-IO/OpenSharing.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:OpenSharing-IO/OpenSharing.git</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://github.com/OpenSharing-IO/OpenSharing</url>
+  </scm>
+
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
@@ -117,7 +151,145 @@
           <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.6.0</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.4.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.3.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.11.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.2.7</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.23.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.8.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.4</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- Maven Central requires sources and javadoc jars and a GPG signature for every file. -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <!-- Signs with the default key; -Dgpg.skip builds without one. -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <gpgArguments>
+                    <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                    <arg>loopback</arg>
+                  </gpgArguments>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <!-- Only the modules are published, so each pom carries the parent's metadata and
+               dependency versions instead of referring to it. -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
+              <pomElements>
+                <dependencyManagement>resolve</dependencyManagement>
+              </pomElements>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>flatten</id>
+                <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>flatten</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
+            <configuration>
+              <skip>true</skip>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
+            <configuration>
+              <skip>true</skip>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>