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 # This is a fork!
+
+This fork aims to fix some issues met with luaj 3.0.2, still present in 
+[luaj/luaj](https://github.com/luaj/luaj) at
+this time of writing.
+
+Building the version 3.0.2 with recent versions of ant (e.g. 1.10.11) and
+JDK (8+) seems no longer possible. Issuing the `ant` command will fail
+with the following error:
+
+```
+[javac] error: Source option 1.3 is no longer supported. Use 7 or later.
+[javac] error: Target option 1.2 is no longer supported. Use 7 or later.
+```
+
+The `build.xml` file of this fork has been refactored in order to separate
+jme and jse targets, and to upgrade the jse target to more recent versions
+of the JDK (namely 1.8+).
+
+It is now possible to build the jse target alone with: `ant jar-jse`
+
+The `jar-jme` target from 3.0.2 will be left unchanged until contributors
+experienced with JME be ready to join the project.
+
+# Original README.md
+
 <div style="border: 1px dotted red; margin: 1.em 0.5em; font-weight: bold; color: red;">
 This repository has been forked from the original CVS sources of Luaj.
 The commit history has been converted to make sure that the original work of