Hi, Not trying to be confrontational (Lucene is a great product!), but where does it say you are required to use the logo? I have read the license that ships with Lucene and does not mention anything about it.
For my search, I use Lucene (recently added) just for XML content searching. We offer static site hosting that bundles mnogoSearch, rather than using a Java search. I use other methods for metadata search, and other methods to order the search results independent of Lucene. I would not agree that my search is totally 'powered by Lucene', rather 'aided by.' That said, I don't mind putting the logo on the Lucene search result list. I doubt my customers would have any idea what to with it... Also, the logo looks a little on the poor side. I don't know if the lines outlining Lucene are exactly how they are supposed to be, but the 'flags' off the 'L' are anti-aliased very poorly (what purpose do they serve?). Perhaps rendering on a Mac with a different gif codec might help. I could give it a shot if you want to send the PSD. Best, -Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Cutting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:03 PM > To: Mark Harwood > Cc: Lucene Developers List > > >>I think you should stop insisting that the "powered by lucene" ad > >>appears on search result pages in this manner: > >> > >>The management behind large-scale sites typically will not accept > >>such advertisements on their pages. I don't agree with that but as a > >>result the technical staff are typically forced to violate this code > >>and using Lucene then becomes a guilty secret that the technical > >>staff do not wish to share with the Lucene community. This means > >>important sites do not appear on the "powered by lucene" list, which > >>can only hurt the adoption of Lucene. > >>If the requirement was changed to insist that sites were added to the > >>"powered by" list I suspect we would see some more credible > >>references appear. If these references included volumes of data and > >>daily search volumes this would be of much greater help in "selling" > >>Lucene. > > Mark, I'm not sure exactly what you're proposing, that we just drop the > requirement altogether? That would remove any incentive for folks to > ever add "Powered by Lucene", no? Maybe that would be okay, since we'd > get more commercial sites listed in Lucene's "powered by" page, which > would be a net win for Lucene. Is that what you're proposing? I could > live with that. We could make the logo not a requirement for listing in > our "powered by" page, but rather just a recommendation. Or did you > have something else in mind? > > Doug > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
