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Membership Fees & Benefits

As an OSGi Alliance member, you and your company will have the ability to contribute to the leadership of the OSGi technology, participate directly within the membership - at your desired level of involvement, shape the development and evolution of the OSGi specification, and receive the added benefits of OSGi marketing.

PRODUCT / DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS
  • Shape the OSGi Alliance specification
    Work together with industry leaders.
    Drive the standardization of a flexible integration platform.
  • Take advantage of the global cross-industry Service Platform
    Integrates today's islands.
    Enables cross-industry business models.
  • Exchange information in your development community
    OSGi Expert Groups. Discuss with developers and further develop ideas. Improve the product solutions of your organization
  • Benefit from the features of the platform
    Modular architecture. Defined interfaces. Future-proof platform, connectivity, easy upgrade and extension.
  • Certification process provides reliable products
    6 platforms are already R4 certified.
MARKET / MARKETING BENEFITS
  • Gain competitive advantage
    Think outside of the box. Cooperate with industry leaders. Discover new business opportunities and potential markets.
  • Benefit from the global reputation of the OSGi Alliance Brand
    Global awareness. Cross-industry publicity in major business fields.
  • Benefit from the powerful OSGi Alliance marketing resources
    Use the various Web Site options. Collateral and global marketing events. Increase the awareness of your company profile, business or product solutions and deployments.
  • Improve your market knowledge
    Use the OSGi Alliance knowledge base. Network with people and companies at member meetings.

Membership Levels and Fees Summary

Level Organizations with 250 or more Individuals* Organizations with less than 250 Individuals*
Strategic Member US $25,000 per year US $25,000 per year
Principal Member US $20,000 per year US $10,000 per year
Contributing Associate US $5,000 per year
*Individuals counted towards the size of an organization are all employees, contractors and agents acting on behalf of the member organization.

Membership Benefits Summary

Privilege / Benefit Strategic Principal Contributing Associate Supporter Public
1. Eligible as candidate for Board of Directors ✔
2. Vote to elect Board of Directors & Officers ✔ ✔
3. Eligible to Chair Expert Groups ✔ ✔
4. Eligible as candidate in OSGi Officer elections ✔ ✔
5. Link to member company’s web-site on www.osgi.org ✔ ✔
6. Feature member companies press releases on OSGi Alliance web-site ✔ ✔
7. Participate in OSGi Press Releases and promotional activities ✔ ✔
8. Voting privilege in Expert Groups ✔ ✔
9. Vote to ratify specifications ✔ ✔
10. Participation in OSGi Compliance Program to certify products ✔ ✔
11. Access to Compliance Tests ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals (i)
12. Fee for JSR TCK commercial licensing for JSR 232 and JSR 291 (ii) No Fee Moderate Fee N/A (No commercial license available for this tier, but does have same access as "Public") US $50k/3-year for each TCK (iii) US $50k/3-year for each TCK (iii)
13. Fee for OSGi Compliance Tests commercial license (iv) No Fee No Fee Membership Upgrade Fee (v) US $150k for 3-year License (iii) US $150k for 3-year License (iii)
14. Number of individuals eligible for OSGi Alliance paid membership privileges Unlimited Unlimited Max of 2 individuals
15. Access to select members-only web pages on www.osgi.org ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
16. Subscribe to Member email reflector ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
17. Eligible to attend OSGi annual membership meeting ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
18. Eligible to join Expert Groups ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
19. Expert Group activities: ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
a Propose work items
b Contribute to work items
c Contribute IP to OSGi specifications
d. Contribute to reference implementations
e. Contribute to compliance tests
20. Subscribe to Expert Group email reflector ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
21. Subscribe to Requirements email reflector ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
22. Write access (OSGi repo) to Requirements Committee documents ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
23. Access to Reference Implementations ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
24. Early access to Draft OSGi specifications ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
25. Early access to Final OSGi specifications ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
26. Subscribe to Marketing email reflector ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
27. Access to Marketing Committee documents ✔ ✔ Max of 2 individuals
28. Use of select OSGi Trademarks No Fee Moderate Fee N/A (No commercial license available for this tier)
29. Eligible to join Working Groups/Committees ✔ ✔ ✔
30. Eligible to propose new Expert Groups ✔ ✔ ✔
31. Participate in OSGi Marketing events ✔ ✔ ✔
32. Discounts for OSGi workshops and community events ✔ ✔ ✔
33. Provide input to Marketing Committee documents ✔ ✔ ✔
34. Attend Marketing Committee meetings ✔ ✔ ✔
Non-voting
35. Listing on www.osgi.org ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
36. Use/display appropriate OSGi member logo ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
37. Display OSGi Logo on member web-site and collateral and link to www.osgi.org website from member web-site and collateral ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
38. Provide input to Requirements Committee documents ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
39. Attend Requirements Committee meetings ✔ ✔ ✔
Non-voting 		✔
Non-voting 		✔
Non-voting
40. No-charge access to released OSGi specifications ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
i Where shown, a maximum of 2 specific individuals have OSGi Alliance member-only web site, mailing list, and face-to-face meeting participation privileges. Contributing Associates may add more individual participants for a per-individual per-year fee.
ii Ability to claim “Compliant with JSR 232” and/or “Compliant with JSR 291” if software passes the Compliance Tests.
iii Qualified Non-Profit organizations and Qualified Individuals may be granted license without fee upon approval by the OSGi Alliance Board of Directors.
iv Ability to claim “Compliant with OSGi Alliance specifications” if software passes the Compliance Tests.
v Upgrades the Contributing Associate to a Principal member and resets their membership anniversary date.

An organization can become an OSGi Alliance Supporter at no-charge by executing the OSGi Supporter Agreement


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