The DCERouter actually has the hooks and framework in place to have multiple routers. The idea is to be able to have several homes, each with their own Router, working as a whole. You can't really use Vera as your LinuxMCE's right now because, atm, LinuxMCE requires lots of plugins which use the mysql database (like media plugin), and the plugins can only run on the same machine as the router. they're loaded in the same memory space.
So it won't work with LinuxMCE right now. However, I do think there's a not-so-difficult roadmap for pulling the plugins out and putting them on a separate PC. That way you could leave a light-weight box like Vera running 24/7 to handle lights and automation, and power up the media stations only when needed, and not have a pc running all the time. but it will require a bit of effort. Regarding the 'friction', it was really a simple misunderstanding about some commits from one svn server that got erroneously committed to another. It's been cleared up, and we're all ok now.