XBox体感控制器Kinect的开放原始码驱动程式

一家机器人和电子设备专业公司于本月初提出美金3000的赏金给第一位写出Kinect开放原始码驱动程式的人(http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/11/04/the-open-kinect-project-the-ok-prize-get-1000-bounty-for-kinect-for-xbox-360-open-source-drivers/), 一个星期的时间, 已有人领赏了: http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/11/10/we-have-a-winner-open-kinect-drivers-released-winner-will-use-3k-for-more-hacking-plus-an-additional-2k-goes-to-the-eff/.
不可思议, 在Adafruit一开始提出美金1000元赏金之后, 微软大为光火, 提出法律的威胁:
"Microsoft does not condone the modification of its products,” a company spokesperson told CNET. “With Kinect, Microsoft built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the chances of product tampering. Microsoft will continue to make advances in these types of safeguards and work closely with law enforcement and product safety groups to keep Kinect tamper-resistant."

Adafruit马上加码到美金2000元, 最后再加码到美金3000元, Hector Martin只花三个小时就写出了驱动程式. 领走了赏金.

我下载了原始码, GPL授权:
$ git clone git://git.marcansoft.com/libfreenect.git
发现是用c和python写的, 程式很简单, 可见Kinect的设计很好.

微软该告吗? 只是个驱动程式, 并未骇进Kinect的软体或硬体中, 有侵权吗? 但是呢, 这个驱动程式将可使Linux使用Kinect. 开启了各种应用的市场.