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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
-