Java Model Railroad Interface

JMRI (Java Model Railroad Interface) is an open source program for model railroad hobbyists.

JMRI is a suite of tools distributed via a single download. The two most popular tools are DecoderPro for programming DCC decoders, and PanelPro for controlling layouts.

Starting in 2005, Bob Jacobsen, the JMRI project administrator, was involved in a legal dispute with Matt Katzer in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit made an important ruling that infringing on the copyright of open source source by violating its license term could result in monetary damages.^[1] The case settled in early 2010.^[2]

External links

• JMRI website
• JMRI's legal defense page
• JMRI's page of articles about the Court case

See also

Jacobsen v. Katzer

References

1. ^ "Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California". http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1001.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-03. 
2. ^ [1]. "A Big Victory for F/OSS: Jacobsen v. Katzer is Settled"

• FLOSS Weekly 117: Bob Jacobsen for JMRI.org., at the FLOSS Weekly podcast, April 20, 2010, retrieved April 22, 2010.