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- RENEGADE ROBOT RETALIATION IS AN ASP COMPLIANT SHAREWARE PRODUCT
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- ASP OMBUDSMAN INFORMATION
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- 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
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- ASP AUTHOR STANDARDS
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- 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.
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- 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 --
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 7.) An ASP-compliant product must offer some method or
- instructions for safely removing the product from the user's
- computer.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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 --
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- August 25, 1995
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