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The Java Model Railroad
Interface (JMRI) project is not one to sit at the
top of the Debian popularity contest results; it provides tools for model
railroad enthusiasts. But the legal wrangling around JMRI has made it one
of the more important projects in our community at this time. JMRI has
suffered some legal setbacks, but much of that was turned around by the US
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals on August 13. The result is a
vindication for much of the legal reasoning behind free software licenses.
Click below (subscribers only) for a discussion of why this decision is
important.