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My question is simple:
the Z-Way and RaZberry partnership is leading to "closed" world?

in other words: RaZberry has developed something particular in hardware that is "non-standard" and ZWay is going to implement specific behavior for that HW, or are they still operate within standards specs?

Latest Zway can theoretically run on a standard Z stick (ie. aeon)?

Think of it not as a closed partnership, but as two parts of one s/w: one runs on the CPU, second on the tranceiver. One is called Z-Way, the other is called RaZberry (we also have a special "smarter" Z-Way Stick that is also compatible with Z-Way).

In theory it is possible to make Z-Way run on Aeon sticks, but currently it relies on features in the RaZberry f/w.

This is because Aeon stick f/w is based on Sigma Designs sample code, which is far from being perfect (as it is a sample code). RaZberry f/w fixes many bugs and enhances the behavior of the f/w. Still it remains backward compatible with Sigma Designs Serial API protocol (with some minor extensions).

is z-way stick based on cp210x usb-to-serial chip? (or other chips supported by every latest linux kernel OOTB, without additional drivers)

is zway stick's fw maintained as the PI board? (maybe they share the same fw)

I have a cubietruck (with GPIO), can the PI board eventually be mounted on that?

no, it is FTDI, but it is also supported in OOTB mode

yes, same f/w

Should run on Cubie too - just wire it correctly. Also make sure first that it runs the ARM code for RPi - we have no special version compiled for Cubie yet. Basically should work. Most important is to have same hardfp build.

See here how to connect it to the Cubieboard2, and how to get the installation going.
http://domotiga.nl/projects/domotiga/wi ... ubieboard2

Good job!

Note, that there is http.request now in RaZbebrry to do HTTP requests directly from the JS engine. This allows to remove ineffective system()