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3 Dec 1993
Dear Author / Publisher,
Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). We are a group of Shareware authors that
are working to improve the image of Shareware as an alternative way of
purchasing high quality software.
This package you have just unzipped contains several files to help you in
preparing your software and documentation for ASP membership.
AUTPUB.TXT READ THIS FILE!!! This is the full file that describes in detail
what is expected of the ASP software and documentation. One of
the MOST important sections contains ASP's No Crippling policy.
This is the sticking point on many applications. We firmly
believe that the potential registrant MUST be able to make an
accurate "buy" decision based on the freely distributed Shareware
disk. Some Shareware created a bad name for our industry by being
highly crippled as a registration incentive. If your Shareware
does not meet the No Crippling policy you need to either make
the necessary changes or withdraw your application.
AUTPUB.FRM This is the Application Form itself. Fill this out completely
US Mail (on disk) this file to our Executive Director.
AUTSTD.TXT A list of the ASP Author Requirements.
SHAREW.PRN Your documentation should contain a description of the Shareware
concept. You may wish to include a warranty and you must include
something that lets the registrant know what he/she will get for
registering. Paul Mayer developed the text in this file as an
example of this type of text wording. Feel free to include
portions or all of this file in your documentation.
REASONS.TXT A collection of messages from the ASP's open forum on CompuServe
that give many good reasons to join the ASP.
INCENTIV.TXT A collection of registration incentives to help you get
registrations and still meet the ASP's no-crippling rules.
README This file.
The address of our Executive Director is:
Executive Director
Association of Shareware Professionals
545 Grover Road
Muskegon MI 49442-9427
CompuServe PPN: 72050,1433
Phone: 616-788-5131
FAX: 616-788-2765
Thank you,
Steve Estvanik
ASP Author / Publisher Membership Committee Chair