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- The Association of Shareware Professionals ("ASP")
-
- Membership Application
-
-
- Statement of Purpose of the ASP:
-
- The ASP is an association for shareware authors with the general
- goals of educating the authors, the shareware distributors and the
- public, setting standards, sharing resources and information among
- members and any other goals which the majority of the membership
- might think appropriate.
-
- Definition of "Shareware":
-
- For the ASP's purposes, "Shareware" is software which meets the
- following general criteria:
-
- - It is a "complete" program, ie: it performs all of the major
- functions normally expected of a program of its type, unlike a
- "commercial demo" which normally has a major function disabled.
- (The distinction is sometimes a judgement call, and the ASP will
- have a procedure for arriving at such a judgement if necessary.)
-
- - It is copyrighted (as opposed to uncopyrighted software which is
- "public domain").
-
- - It may be copied for others to try out, subject to copying
- restrictions which the author may or may not choose to require,
- such as the following:
-
- - Registration fees may be required from the user as a condition
- of continued use of the program beyond a trial usage period.
- Not requiring such a fee or requiring fees only from specific
- types of users, such as businesses and government, but not
- individuals, does not disqualify a program from being
- considered "shareware".
-
- - Compliance with specified standards may be required from
- anyone copying the program for a fee or in conjunction with
- any business enterprise.
-
- Membership Criteria:
-
- Membership is open to programmers who are authors of at least one
- "non-trivial" program (in the judgement of a Membership Committee)
- which is currently marketed and supported as shareware, who agree
- to abide by standards adopted by the association, and whose mem-
- bership, in the judgement of the Membership Committee, will not be
- detrimental to the goals or reputation of the ASP.
-
- Access to CompuServe is not required, but it is anticipated that
- this is where much of the decision-making process will take place
- because of relative ease of access. We encourage those who do not
- wish to use CompuServe or cannot get access to it to join the ASP
- anyway. Communication will also be accomplished via newsletters
- and possibly by other means.
-
- Membership Dues:
-
- The ASP has annual membership dues. These are currently $50.00 per
- year, pro rated to the quarter the applicant is accepted for member-
- ship.
-
- Mailing List Option:
-
- The ASP intends to provides mailing lists to outsiders. The mailing
- list provided as labels and not in electronic form shall be provided
- by whoever is keeping the official ASP membership list (currently
- the Secretary). The list shall consist solely of names and
- addresses and not phone numbers.
-
- Members shall have the option of being included in the mailing list
- or not as follows: Your name will be included on this list UNLESS
- you indicate that you do not want it included by checking the box on
- the application.
-
- At any time, any member may change their include/exclude status by
- notifying the keeper of the list in writing or via easyplex.
-
- To apply for membership in the ASP, fill out the following form
- and send it to:
-
- ASP Membership Coordinator
- Don Gloistein
- P.O. Box 669
- Alvin, TX 77512-0669
-
- (713) 331-9372 (voice)
-
- or Email on CompuServe just the following completed form to:
-
- Don Gloistein [76010,474]
-
- Email for the initial application is preferred (but not required).
- The signed form may be mailed after acceptance if the initial app-
- lication is Emailed. When Emailing, please transmit only the part
- of the form following this line of dashes.
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- ASP Membership Application
-
- (Please do not modify the format of the following block of info.)
- Your Name........ ______________________________ (30 characters)
- Company Name..... ______________________________ (30)
- Street Address... ______________________________ (30)
- P.O. Box......... ____________________ (20)
- City............. ____________________ (20)
- State, Ctry, Zip. __, _______________ __________ (2, 15, 10)
- Phone, day....... ______________ (14)
- Phone, evenings.. ______________ (14)
- CIS PPN.......... __________ (10)
- MCI & Other...... ____________________ (20)
-
- ASP provides mailing lists to outsiders such as disk vendors.
- Your name will be included on this list unless you indicate that
- you do not want it included by checking this box:
-
- I do not wish to be included on the external mailing list [ ]
-
- If you have more than one shareware program, please provide the
- following information for your "best" shareware program. (This
- information is for the purpose of determining if the criteria of
- a "non-trivial, non-demo program" have been met.)
-
- Program name.....
- Shareware price..
- Type of program..
-
- Where a copy of the program may be obtained for review:
- (Eg: CompuServe Forum, BBS name and phone number, by mail, etc.)
- (If by mail, please do not send it with application, you will be
- contacted with the name and address of the Committee member.)
-
- Major program features and capacities (limits):
- (Eg: For a database program, how many fields, records, etc.
- allowed; for an editor, how many lines. If listing is more than a
- few lines, please append to the end of this form).
-
- Does the "registered version" have features or additional
- documentation which the "freely distributable version" does not? _
- (If so please list differences below or at the end of this form.)
-
- Membership requires that you understand and agree to the following:
-
- I _____________________ certify
-
- - that the above information is correct;
- - that I will abide by the standards of the ASP;
- - that if I should ever decide to no longer abide by those
- standards or by new standards which the ASP may adopt in
- the future, I will cancel my membership immediately;
- - that the ASP has the right to cancel the membership of a
- member at any time; and
- - that upon cancellation of membership by either party, I will
- discontinue using any materials, logos, claims of membership,
- or other benefits which are intended solely for members of
- the ASP.
-
- Signed,
-
- _____________________________ Date: ____________
-