Microsoft Robotics Product Licensing

All editions are licensed on a "per-user" basis. For Volume Licensing, please contact your Microsoft representative or send an e-mail to msrslic@microsoft.com.

How Microsoft RDS 2008 licensing is different from prior versions (v1.0 & v1.5)
The new version of RDS replaces the distinction between commercial and non-commercial licenses with three new licenses: Standard Edition for professional developers, Academic Edition for students and educational researchers, and Express Edition for hobbyists and casual users. Further, while the prior commercial versions only permitted licensees to redistribute 200 copies of the CCR and DSS Runtimes, the Standard and Academic Edition licenses of Microsoft RDS permit the user to distribute an unlimited number of copies of the CCR and DSS runtimes.

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 End User License Agreements

• Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio Standard 2008 EULA
• Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio Academic 2008 EULA
• Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio Express 2008 EULA

If you want to create or distribute commercial applications or run your business operations based on Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio, you must purchase a Standard Edition license for each developer from the online store (see link below). If you wish to evaluate RDS, please download the Express Edition which is available free of charge.

Purchase a commercial license:

 Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 Standard Edition

Upgrade a commercial license:

If you would like to upgrade your purchased Microsoft Robotics Studio V1.0 or V1.5 commercial license to Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 Standard Edition, please send an email request for information to:
msrslic@microsoft.com