I/we shouldn't jump to any conclusions yet. I made a mistake of putting my thoughts in writing. Let's give Pasha some time to update us all.
Otis --- Yussef Alkhamrichi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Otis, > > Sorry for interrupting the process of the book you are putting > together :S > But I just feel something needs to be done to make sure that the .NET > port > of Lucene is as open an available for all of us as is Lucene itself. > > Hmm, maybe the Lucene.NET guys are counting on the same action from > Microsoft as what happened to Lookout ;) The acquisition is a great > thing > for the Lookout guys, but I don't think MS can bypass the Apache > License of > Lucene (I guess). If you can't beat them, ... > > We hope to have things cleared out as fast as possible on the .NET > port. > > Yussef > > > >From: Otis Gospodnetic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Lucene Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Lucene Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: lucene.net no more? > >Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 02:51:27 -0700 (PDT) > > > >Hm, hm, hm, hm. > >And we just copy-edited the Lucene Ports chapter, where we cover > >Lucene.Net. Now what? :) > > > >I wonder if this is related to Microsoft's purchase of Lookout, > which > >uses Lucene.Net. I also wonder whether the licence allows this... > > > >Otis > > > > > >--- Yussef Alkhamrichi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Doug, > > > > > > I've noticed the same odd thing, me and a couple of guys were > heaving > > > a > > > discussion in de Open Discussion of Lucene.NET to re-establish a > > > decent up > > > to date .NET port of Lucene when suddenly all plugs were pulled > out > > > (no > > > files released any more, no open discussion, etc.) > > > > > > Last night I've send a mail to all people involved (4 in total, > > > George > > > -http://www.aroush.net-, Mohammad > -http://mohammad.abdulfatah.net/-, > > > Mansur > > > and me). The idea is to get a Lucene port in sync with the Java > > > version and > > > get a decent community support behind (not restricting the people > > > that can > > > co-develop to a mere 1 or 2 in-crowd). An open source product is > only > > > as > > > good as its community I guess. > > > > > > I find it a strange move from de Lucene.NET guys > > > (http://www.lucenedotnet.com), ofcourse they have put in a lot of > > > effort to > > > port the thing and it's quite possible to earn money with it. But > > > were did > > > they get the code from in the first place ?!?! (Under the Apache > > > License). > > > > > > The main target for the .NET porters is now to get a SourceForge > > > workspace > > > to continue the .NET port of Lucene. Mohammed is contacting the > > > developers > > > of NLucene and see if we can work something out together to use > their > > > space > > > and name for the real open source .NET brother (or sister:) of > the > > > Java > > > Lucene version. > > > > > > We hope we can tell you more shortly. Keep up the great work you > all > > > have > > > done with Lucene so far! > > > > > > Yussef > > > > > > >From: Doug Cutting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: "Lucene Developers List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: Lucene Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: lucene.net no more? > > > >Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:21:29 -0700 > > > > > > > >Does anyone know more about this? > > > > > > > > > > >http://mohammad.abdulfatah.net/mohammad/archives/2004/09/the_mysterious.php > > > > > > > >Doug > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Hotmail en Messenger on the move > > > http://www.msn.nl/communicatie/smsdiensten/hotmailsmsv2/ > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Talk with your online friends with MSN Messenger > http://messenger.msn.nl/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
