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Self-Assessment Is this program for you? Have you created a Maplesoft product-related program, package, collection of worksheets, book, etc., or do you have an idea that involves a Maplesoft product? Does the idea of receiving income from your software appeal to you? Charging for your software would most likely reduce the number of people who use your work, compared to the number if it were freely available. Do you consider this an acceptable trade-off? Are you willing to educate yourself about and devote time to non-technical issues such as pricing, promotion, license agreements and documentation? Are you willing to provide technical support to your users? Are you using a legally licensed full version copy of Maple? Please note that the license agreement for the Maple Student Edition does not allow the use of that product for these purposes. Do you have clear ownership of the intellectual property and the actual code you want to sell, or can you negotiate a written agreement with the other authors that will allow you to participate in this program? Are you free to sell your work? Some employers have policies limiting your ability to commercialize your work. For example, some employers have policies that claim the intellectual property of anything you develop while you are employed by that company. Some academic institutions actively encourage the commercialization of research, but impose conditions about profit-sharing with the school. You will need to determine whether your are able and willing to meet the necessary conditions.   Next Steps If you answered "yes" to all of the above questions, complete the MapleConnect Application Procedure and tell us about yourself, your product, and your ideas! If you cannot or choose not to meet all of the requirements for this program, check out the Maple Application Center. The Maple Application Center provides a free distribution mechanism for Maple related materials that may be more suitable. Anyone can submit work for posting with only minimal guidelines to follow, and everyone can download material from the Application Center free of charge. The Maple Application Center averages over 100,000 visitors every month, and is an ideal mechanism for the free distribution of your materials.