Correct founder identity

GOVERNANCE.md

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Governance
 
-PR Maven CLI is founded by William Thomaz.
+PR Maven CLI is founded by Will-thom.
 
 The project is open to contributors and future maintainers. Maintainer rights should be granted based on sustained, high-quality contributions and respectful collaboration.
 
-The current principal maintainer is William Thomaz, GitHub: [@Will-thom](https://github.com/Will-thom).
+The current principal maintainer is Will-thom, GitHub: [@Will-thom](https://github.com/Will-thom).
 
 Maintainer details live in [MAINTAINERS.md](MAINTAINERS.md).
 
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ Maintainer details live in [MAINTAINERS.md](MAINTAINERS.md).
 
 The project uses founder-led consensus.
 
-For now, William Thomaz has final decision authority on scope, roadmap, release timing, and maintainer access.
+For now, Will-thom has final decision authority on scope, roadmap, release timing, and maintainer access.

MAINTAINERS.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PR Maven CLI is founder-led.
 
 ## Principal Maintainer
 
-- William Thomaz, GitHub: [@Will-thom](https://github.com/Will-thom)
+- Will-thom, GitHub: [@Will-thom](https://github.com/Will-thom)
 - Role: Founder and Principal Maintainer
 - Scope: product direction, roadmap, releases, merge policy, maintainer access, and final project decisions.
 - Repository-wide code owner: `@Will-thom`, through `.github/CODEOWNERS`.

MANIFESTO.md

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ The project starts from one practical belief:
 
 ## Founder
 
-PR Maven CLI was founded by William Thomaz.
+PR Maven CLI was founded by Will-thom.
 
-The founder's goal is to build a useful open source tool for Java and Maven teams, while creating a contributor-friendly project where focused issues can be picked up by humans, maintainers, and automated coding agents.
+Will-thom is the public founder identity for this project. The founder's goal is to build a useful open source tool for Java and Maven teams, while creating a contributor-friendly project where focused issues can be picked up by humans, maintainers, and automated coding agents.
 
 ## Product Principles
 

README.md

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) before opening a PR.
 
 ## Founder
 
-PR Maven CLI was founded by William Thomaz.
+PR Maven CLI was founded by Will-thom.
 
 ## License
 

docs/permissions.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Do not switch it to private if that would disable branch protection or repositor
 
 Current maintainer policy:
 
-- William Thomaz, GitHub: `@Will-thom`, is the founder and principal maintainer.
+- Will-thom, GitHub: `@Will-thom`, is the founder and principal maintainer.
 - No external collaborator should receive write, maintain, or admin access during stabilization unless intentionally promoted.
 - External contributors can open issues and pull requests, but merge rights should stay limited to maintainers.
 

docs_test.go

@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ func TestDocumentationCoversInstallationUsageAndExamples(t *testing.T) {
 	assertContains(t, files["examples/library/main.go"], "prmaven.Analyze")
 }
 
+func TestDocumentationUsesPublicFounderIdentity(t *testing.T) {
+	files := map[string]string{
+		"README.md":           mustReadFile(t, "README.md"),
+		"MANIFESTO.md":        mustReadFile(t, "MANIFESTO.md"),
+		"GOVERNANCE.md":       mustReadFile(t, "GOVERNANCE.md"),
+		"MAINTAINERS.md":      mustReadFile(t, "MAINTAINERS.md"),
+		"docs/permissions.md": mustReadFile(t, "docs/permissions.md"),
+	}
+
+	assertContains(t, files["README.md"], "PR Maven CLI was founded by Will-thom.")
+	assertContains(t, files["MANIFESTO.md"], "Will-thom is the public founder identity for this project.")
+	assertContains(t, files["GOVERNANCE.md"], "PR Maven CLI is founded by Will-thom.")
+}
+
 func mustReadFile(t *testing.T, path string) string {
 	t.Helper()