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iCommune Retools Itself as Standalone Open Source App

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmmm-p3s dept.

Doctor Beavis writes "As noted previously, Apple ordered developer James Speth to return his iTunes software developer kit and to stop distributing the iCommune plug-in for iTunes. Today, CNET has a story with further details and developments. Speth said that he will honor Apple's request to stop distributing his software, but he will build the same features into a standalone application. The next version of iCommune will work with iTunes and potentially other digital music players and will use Rendezvous, Apple's implementation of a protocol for automatic discovery of network-connected devices. Speth also said that the new version will be Open Source under the GPL."

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  1. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    iCommune Retools You! (Also, IN SOVIET RUSSIA Slashdot Is Fast!)

  2. iCommune should be a Linux app anyway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    cause it's GPL and it has the word "commune" (think communism) built right into it! :P

    I think Apple has trademarked the letter i, i(TM)f I'm not mistaken.

    If you want to keep it on the Mac call it iFacist or something.

  3. It just goes to prove... by gpinzone · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...most open source projects are created out of love, but many more, out of spite.

    1. Re:It just goes to prove... by gpinzone · · Score: 2, Funny

      The two are not mutually exclusive since something can be made out of spite AND love.

      Therefore... You sir, are a cockgobbler. QED.

  4. I wish Apple Would Shut me Down... by skti · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, getting Apple to shut you down, only to then recover is like the best thing that can happen as a developer. I wish they'd do it to me. All this publicity...

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    "When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won..." ~ Mohandas K. Gandhi
    1. Re:I wish Apple Would Shut me Down... by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's easy.

      Just write some software for OS/X.

      It's a rare enough occurance that publicity is guaranteed.

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      I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  5. Re:Apple had to stop iCommune, for legal reasons. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    He's not just ALLOWING people to break the law, he is LITERALLY holding a gun to their head and FORCING them to. I can't believe this man is not in jail right now! Won't somebody please think of the Executives!!!

  6. Hey, Boromir! by protein+folder · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did your brother have an accident with a contriceptive and a time machine?

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    Your mind is squeezed by a blast of pain!
  7. Hey, waitaminnit... by jcsehak · · Score: 3, Funny

    How do they know he returned his original iTunes SDK, and not a copy?

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    1. Re:Hey, waitaminnit... by befletch · · Score: 2, Funny

      How do they know he returned his original iTunes SDK, and not a copy?

      Do the bits smell fruity, or carbon-blacky?

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