iCommune seems to be headed in new directions. Just days after Apple’s legal department put an effective end to its life as an iTunes plug-in, iCommune’s developer has updated the Web site with details about his new plans.
James G. Speth, iCommune’s creator, created the software as a way for iTunes users to share their music libraries with one another. iCommune had been created in part with an Application Programming Interface (API) made available to Mac developers by Apple.
Following iCommune’s release as public beta software, Speth received a letter from Apple revoking his license and telling him to remove the software from distribution. The API that Speth used was meant specifically to enable hardware devices like MP3 players to work with iTunes, not for the development that ultimately resulted in iCommune.
Now Speth plans to recreate iCommune as a complete standalone application, this time free of any proprietary Apple code or interface use. iCommune’s new incarnation will manage network-accessible music libraries, will generate and manage playlists for MP3 players, and will communicate and control MP3 players using AppleEvents.
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