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RENEGADE ROBOT RETALIATION IS AN ASP COMPLIANT SHAREWARE PRODUCT
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ASP OMBUDSMAN INFORMATION
Just For Me Software is a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that
the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable
to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member
by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help.
The ASP ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem
with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support
for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at:
ASP Ombudsman _______
545 Grover Road ____|__ | (R)
Muskegon, MI --| | |-------------------
49442-9427 (USA) | ____|__ | Association of
or send a Compuserve | | |_| Shareware
message via CompuServe |__| o | Professionals
mail to 70475,1071, or -----| | |--------------------
a FAX to 616-788-2765. |___|___| MEMBER
ASP AUTHOR STANDARDS
1.) ASP-compliant products are shareware products, produced
by ASP Author Members or published by ASP Publisher Members,
that satisfy all the requirements of this document. Only
ASP-compliant products may use the ASP logo or Ombudsman
statement. Only ASP-compliant products may refer to ASP --
whether in the product, documentation, or marketing
materials -- in any way that might reasonably be interpreted
as suggesting ASP compliance. ASP-compliant shareware
products must be created and marketed in a professional
manner and must treat the use of the software and the
concept of shareware with courtesy and respect.
2.) An ASP-compliant product may limit the user evaluation
period. If such limitations are used, the product must
allow users access to the features customary or reasonable
for that type of product for a time period or number of uses
sufficient to allow adequate evaluation by the user. An
ASP-compliant product may also use other limiting measures.
Such measures must not unduly interfere with the evaluation
of the product. All limiting measures must be documented.
Users must be notified, while using the program, or the
impending expiration of the evaluation period. This
notification must occur well in advance of any disabling
of features or cessation of program operation. Users
obtaining the shareware version of an ASP-compliant product
from any source approved by the author must be able to
install and use the product for the full evaluation period. -- 2 --
3.) Registration Reminder Screens may be used in an
ASP-compliant product. Such Registration Reminder Screens
must not unduly interfere with the evaluation of the product
during the initial evaluation period.
4.) An ASP-compliant product must be substantially complete,
and accurately represent the registered version, except in
cases where a substantially complete product would provide
little or no reason for the user to register and pay for the
product. Examples include some games, source code for
programmer's tools, electronically published books, fonts,
and clip art collections. In those cases, a portion of the
product allowing adequate evaluation of the product may be
distributed. A Non Shareware Version (NSV) of the product,
which includes advanced features, may also be offered, in
addition to the normal registered version.
5.) When, during evaluation of an ASP-compliant product, a
user creates data that have substantial independent value,
the product shall not prevent some form of access to those
data even after the expiration of the evaluation period.
Such access may or may not require further use of the
product itself.
6.) An ASP-compliant product must include some form of
documentation sufficient to allow thorough evaluation of
the program's features. Such documentation must explain
how to register and pay for the product and define the
benefits of payment and registration. It must also describe
any evaluation limitations and differences between the
shareware and registered versions. This documentation must
also describe support policies and include the current ASP
Ombudsman statement.
7.) An ASP-compliant product must offer some method or
instructions for safely removing the product from the user's
computer.
8.) ASP-compliant products must offer reasonable technical
support for a minimum of three months after the purchase and
registration of the program, without additional payment.
9.) An ASP-compliant product must be conscientiously tested
by the author, and should not be harmful to user data or
hardware when properly used on a typical computer.
10.) All ASP Authors or Publisher Members must market and
distribute at least one ASP-compliant product. They may
also market and distribute products which are not
ASP-compliant, subject to the limitations of Item 1 of this
document. -- 3 --
11.) Authors or Publishers applying for membership to the
ASP shall submit a product for examination by the ASP Author
Membership Committee. This product must meet all
requirements in this policy before membership is granted.
Negative decisions of the Author Membership Committee shall
be automatically reviewed by the ASP Board of Directors,
whose decision is final. An author whose application is
rejected may reapply at any time.
12.) All products marketed as ASP-compliant must meet the
requirements of this policy. The ASP Author Compliance
Committee (ACC) is entrusted to make the sometimes difficult
judgments involved in enforcing these requirements. If
the ACC finds that an ASP member's product violates these
requirements, that member must modify the product to comply,
or must remove all indications of compliance. If the member
refuses to make these changes within 30 days (or a longer
alternate period set by the ACC), the ACC may terminate
the member's ASP membership, subject to automatic review by
the ASP Board of Directors.
13.) The ASP Board of Directors may not materially change
items in this policy, but may, from time to time, explain,
interpret, or clarify these policies.
August 25, 1995