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