
        Standards for the Association of Shareware Professionals
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PROGRAMMING STANDARDS:

The program meets the ASP's definition of "shareware" (i.e., it is not a
commercial  demo  with  major  features  disabled,  nor  a  time-limited
program).

The program  has been  thoroughly tested by the author and should not be
harmful to other files or hardware if used properly.



DOCUMENTATION STANDARDS:

Sufficient documentation  is provided  to allow  the average user to try
all the major functions of the program.

Any discussion of the shareware concept and of registration requirements
is done in a professional and positive manner.



SUPPORT STANDARDS:

The member  will respond  to people  who send  registration payments, as
promised in  the program's documentation.  At a minimum, the member will
acknowledge receipt of all payments.

The member  will establish  a procedure  for users  to report,  and have
acknowledged, matters  such as bug reports, and will describe such means
in the documentation accompanying all versions of the programs.

Known incompatibilities  with other  software or  hardware and  major or
unusual program  limitations are  noted in  the documentation that comes
with the shareware (evaluation) program.



GENERAL:

Members   will keep  the ASP  apprised of changes in mailing address, of
which  shareware   programs  they   have  published  and  are  currently
supporting, and of the current version numbers.

If a  user has  a dispute with an ASP member-author, the user may appeal
to the ASP to mediate the dispute.

