I was going through some information about deploying to the central maven repository:

1. Maven local and remote repository introduction:
http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-repositories.html

2. Putting your properly metadata'd jar in the Maven Central Repository:
http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-central-repository-upload.html

3. The central repository in all its glory:
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/