| · | To inform users about shareware programs and about shareware as a method of distributing and marketing software.
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| · | To foster a high degree of professionalism among shareware authors by setting programming, marketing, and support standards for ASP members to follow.
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| · | To encourage broader distribution of shareware through user groups and disk dealers who agree to identify and explain the nature of shareware.
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| · | To assist members in marketing their software.
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| · | To provide a forum through which ASP members may communicate, share ideas, and learn from each other.
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| · | The Association of Shareware Professionals have drafted a code of ethics for all present and future members. This code of ethics includes the following requirements:
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| · | A member's program (evaluation version) must not be limited (crippled) in any way. In the true spirit of Try-Before-You-Buy, users must be able to evaluate all the features in a program before paying the registration fee.
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| · | Members must respond to every registration. At the very least they must send a receipt for the payment.
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| · | Members must provide technical support for their products for at least 90 days from the date of registration.
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