Hi, Erik, I some time ago played with the Lucene 1.2 source code and made some modifications to it, trying to add my own ranking algorithm. I am not sure if Licence wise, it is permissible to modify the earlier source code, also if it is allowed to put the modified version or the description of what I have done on wiki?
Thanks for your reply. Jian On 8/26/05, Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I appreciate the vote of confidence on this, but I am not afraid to > admit that I do not consider myself an expert on the deep innards of > Lucene. I understand the concepts, and a bit of the internals, but I > certainly do not live up to the hype you just bestowed upon me. *blush* > > Regarding JDK 1.2 - I came to Java at 1.3, and have never used a JDK > earlier than that. All the apps I build now are currently on JDK 1.5 > (err... 5.0). I do not currently know what would be involved in > running Lucene on a 1.2 VM. The first question to ask is whether an > earlier version of Lucene is sufficient for the needs of those > constrained to JDK 1.2. If not, then we move forward to defining > what needs to be changed - a simple compilation of the trunk source > code with a 1.2 VM would give away most of the details. > > As with open source in general, it is about scratching our own > itches. If you're using Lucene (or need to use Lucene) in a 1.2 VM, > that is your itch to scratch and I would happily support your efforts > in some way in documenting this (either on the wiki or embedded in > Lucene's own built-in documentation) or in providing an alternative > version of Lucene that is suitable for 1.2 (perhaps by having > alternative code in a separate directory within our code > repository). If you create such documentation, perhaps you'd be > willing to donate it with full attribution to the 2nd edition of > LIA. But please don't wait for me to do it, as it really is not > something I need personally for any project - all my projects are at > JDK 1.5 currently. > > Erik > >
