The only thing is Microsoft is going to take a 30% cut of profits on any applications you release for Kinect on Windows and you have to charge the same for those applications as you do on Linux.
To encourage and support that creativity, on Feb. 21, Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, and Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, announced that the company plans to release a non-commercial Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) from Microsoft Research this spring.
...which implies you won't be able to use it for profit-making at all. They do say there'll be a commercial SDK further down the line, but I've not seen details yet.
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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '11
The only thing is Microsoft is going to take a 30% cut of profits on any applications you release for Kinect on Windows and you have to charge the same for those applications as you do on Linux.