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by throw080700 1922 days ago
Zigbee got problems with non-free licensing. Z-Wave seems open, is it completely open?
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danhor 1922 days ago
Z-Wave is very closed, afaik only a few chips are available and need to be licensed. Compared to that Zigbee seems to be much more open.
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throw080700 1922 days ago
Ok. The top thread of this HN post about Zigbee not being that open:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21825822

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pantalaimon 1922 days ago
Zigbee is IEEE 802.15.4, you can also run 6LoWPAN on top instead of the Zigbee stack.
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