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Display call for funding and funding options on CLI

I think the CLI is a good place to display a banner stating that

  • we need funding to sustain the project
  • possible funding options

Currently, starting briar-desktop on the CLI displays this:

$ briar-desktop 
2025-02-18 11:59:49,187 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main - This is briar-desktop version 0.6.3-nightly
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main - Build info:
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main -   Git hash f324f270493adf2e8458afaa96bc30424c1aa127
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main -   Commit time 2025-02-17 10:30:00
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main -   Branch main
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main -   Tag 0.6.3-beta
2025-02-18 11:59:50,368 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  o.b.b.d.n.l.LibnotifyNotificationProvider - Notification server capabilities: actions, body, body-hyperlinks, body-markup, icon-static, x-canonical-private-icon-only

I'm thinking we could change this like this:

$ briar-desktop 
2025-02-18 11:59:49,187 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main - This is briar-desktop version 0.6.3-nightly
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main - Build info:
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main -   Git hash f324f270493adf2e8458afaa96bc30424c1aa127
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main -   Commit time 2025-02-17 10:30:00
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main -   Branch main
2025-02-18 11:59:49,189 [main] INFO  org.briarproject.briar.desktop.Main -   Tag 0.6.3-beta
****************************************************************************************************
* Please consider funding development and maintenance of Briar and Briar Desktop
* Bitcoin / BCH: 1NZCKkUCtJV2U2Y9hDb9uq8S7ksFCFGR6K
* Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/Briar/
****************************************************************************************************
2025-02-18 11:59:50,368 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  o.b.b.d.n.l.LibnotifyNotificationProvider - Notification server capabilities: actions, body, body-hyperlinks, body-markup, icon-static, x-canonical-private-icon-only