Hi all, The company I work for is interested in the implementation of this ticket: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-3371 (Support for a "SpanAndQuery" / "SpanAllNearQuery") and is willing to pay for it.
If you believe you have the know-how on implementing this and are interested, please send me an email to get the ball rolling. Many thanks. Cheers, David