Template:Non-free software cover

This image is of a software cover, and the copyright for it is most likely held by either the software's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of software cover art

to illustrate the packaging of the software in question
where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information,
on the, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
This tag should only be used for software covers, do not use it for other purposes.
Try using Template:Non-free use rationale software cover to state the rationale.

To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

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