The Beta SDK FAQ is chock full of interesting issues, including: Not being able to distribute applications standalone, users must also download SDK to get the

The Beta SDK FAQ is chock full of interesting issues, including: Not being able to distribute applications standalone, users must also download SDK to get the runtimes No commercial use, and on top of that, due to the fact that MS cannot predict the usage of the kinect SDK, all SDK derived applications should not be considered “allowed under the SDK”. Microsoft owns the right to say what software you can use the hardware with, and using the kinect with anything outside of the SDK is not allowed. Even with this wording in place, the MSDN Channel 9 launch video lauded all of the open source applications currently available for the kinect. The SDK will not run on Virtual Machines Source: http://www.nonpolynomial.com/2011/06/16/console-controls-usage-and-the-kinect-sdk/ http://www.nonpolynomial.com/2011/06/16/console-controls-usa...