Khronos Membership Benefits

There are five levels at which an individual or company can participate in Khronos Group activity, each with its own set of benefits:

Implementers - may create and deliver a product using the publicly released specifications, but cannot use the trademarks.
Adopters - complete the conformance testing procedures and sign a royalty-free license to use the trademarks on their products.
Academic Contributors - have full API working group participation but no voting rights.
Contributors - have full API working group participation and voting rights, and generous marketing benefits.
Promoters - act as the "Board of Directors" to set the direction of the Group, with final specification ratification voting rights.

(This is a basic summary - please see Member Agreement for details)

	Promoter	Contributor	Academic Contributor	Adopter	Implementer
Develop Products
Access to the public Khronos Specifications, documentation and support files	X	X	X	X	X
Develop license-free, royalty-free products using Khronos Technologies	X	X	X	X	X
Work Group Participation
Early access to the draft specifications	X	X	X
Access and participate in development of Conformance Test source	X*	X*	X*
Join specification Work Groups and participate via email lists	X	X	X
Attend Face to Face Meetings	X	X	X
Join in weekly Teleconferences	X	X	X
Can be elected as Work Group Chair	X	X	X
Vote in Work Group Level Ratification of the Specification	X	X
Browse Work Group Email archives	X	X	X
X* - If signed Conformance Test Source License Agreement
Set The Standards
Initiate new Working Groups to develop new API standards	X
Seat on the Board of Directors to define the objectives, priorities and operations of the Khronos Group	X
Final Ratification of the Specification	X
Conformance Testing
Submit products to the conformance process	X*	X*	X*	X*
Conformant Product can use API Trademark	X**	X**	X**	X**
X* - Must sign Adopter agreement and pay Conformance Testing fee X** - Must pass conformance tests
Marketing
Speaking and presentation opportunities at industry trade events & seminars	X	X	X	X
Opportunity to mention products and be quoted in Khronos press releases, articles, and newsletters	X	X	X	X
Your organization's logo and description displayed on Khronos web site	X	X	X	X
Listing on Consumer Product Database	X	X	X	X	X

Note: Membership dues are non-refundable. Should a Member or Adopter withdraw or be terminated for any reason, any paid dues are not returnable

The Khronos Group - a non-profit industry consortium to develop, publish and promote open standard, royalty-free media authoring and acceleration standards for desktop and handheld devices, combined with conformance qualification programs for platform and device interoperability.