Erik already answer that, but let me emphasize that this is not only allowed, but encouraged. I believe anyone can add information to the Lucene Wiki, so if you have information that you would like to share and that may help others, please do it.
Otis --- jian chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
