repository works...if it doesn't work, we can mark that repository offline...

  OTOH, all offline-mode checks can probably be run from Wagon-based APIs.

** Maven-SCM

  In all but trivial examples, SCM operations cannot complete without
  having access to the versioning server. Therefore, it is assumed that
  any SCM-related activity will be unavailable when m2 is in offline
  mode.

** Maven-Core

You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:

    Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
    program `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by
    James Hacker.

    signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1989