You can play around and tinker all you want, but as soon as you produce a 
commercial product, no matter whose stack you use, you must join the ZigBee 
alliance.

And if you don't have an OUID, tack on another $2K for that, too (from IEEE, 
I believe).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "alan smith" <micro_eng2@yahoo.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:05 PM
Subject: [EE] zigbee enabled product - have to be a member?


> Interesting item I came across on a particular vendors zigbee modules data 
> sheet:
>
>  Companies selling products using ZigBeeTM technology have to be a member 
> of the ZigBeeTM Alliance (www.zigbee.org). The minimum fee per year for a 
> membership as adopter is US$ 3500,-.
>
>  Now, the way I view this is...if you design a product that uses a 
> processor running a zigbee stack, you can't sell it unless your a member? 
> How does that affect Mchip and the zigbee stack they provide?
>
>  I also read this as....if you use a zigbee module...self contained, 
> etc..in your product..no need to be a member of the organization. ?
>
>
>
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