Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 60414 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2007 07:15:55 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 21 Aug 2007 07:15:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 1144 invoked by uid 500); 21 Aug 2007 07:15:41 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-dev-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 1081 invoked by uid 500); 21 Aug 2007 07:15:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact java-dev-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list java-dev@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 1070 invoked by uid 99); 21 Aug 2007 07:15:40 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:15:40 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [150.254.30.30] (HELO libra.cs.put.poznan.pl) (150.254.30.30) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:16:11 +0000 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by libra.cs.put.poznan.pl (Postfix on VMS) with ESMTP id 3206C390 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:15:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cs.put.poznan.pl Received: from libra.cs.put.poznan.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (libra.cs.put.poznan.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jMmqxIko9efc for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:15:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [150.254.130.25] (idss-dw-2.cs.put.poznan.pl [150.254.130.25]) by libra.cs.put.poznan.pl (Postfix on VMS) with ESMTP id 8D24C386 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:15:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46CA90F6.8020301@cs.put.poznan.pl> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:15:02 +0200 From: Dawid Weiss User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: TREC Collection, NIST and Lucene References: <0D1F555A-E5FC-43B4-A4D3-825B97AAF5CE@apache.org> <25ABEFB1-F16B-417B-A7AA-28EA23DD8CF1@apache.org> <46C9E517.1070507@cs.put.poznan.pl> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org It's more of a chicken-and-egg problem I guess; it's the same with E.U. grants and local science grants over here (Poland) -- the government funds some projects, but who if not us funds the government? I am a strong believer that the results of public grants should be open and available for everyone. Maybe I'm idealistic though. Fingers crossed it will work out as expected. Dawid > Obviously, I hope the result is positive, but I don't know if precluding > open source is against their mission. After all, I do understand that > it takes time and money to create these collections and that should be > valued. By the same token, it is the Federal government that is > sponsoring the competition and doing a lot of the work, so it seems one > could argue for making a collection that is free from copyright > restrictions so that anyone can participate. It is a tricky issue, > however, so we can hope for the best. > > I will wait a couple more days to solicit comments and then submit it to > the appropriate people at NIST. > > -Grant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscribe@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-help@lucene.apache.org