@xomx
is it there a Notepad++ Inc. or LLC now?
LOL.
I have been struggling with administrative hurdles & certificate companies over the past few months to make it happen. In short: I had to register Notepad++ association (which has existed since 2019 to obtain a DigiCert certificate) with INSEE, a French government agency, Then I had to change the association old postal address to the new one so the certificate company could verify the authenticity of association via mail.
As a result, it’s possible to obtain a certificate under the open-source project’s name - on the condition that a NGO with the same name is created, and registered in the country where the project maintainer resides. This way, the project is recognized as a business entity by the certificate company, allowing them to issue a certificate to the entity. Nonetheless, Notepad++ still retains its community-driven, non-profit status.
There’s another path that avoids this painful process. Over the past few months, I recieved an offer from Azure Trusted Signing to have “Notepad++” named certificate signed via GitHub actions.
If it works, it would be great for nppPluginList to be released independently - so it can follow its own release circle, separate from Notepad++'s. Notepad++ could then update nppPluginList via WinGUp.
However, there is an unsolved login issue, and I’m still waiting for their team to fix it.
