This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software, and the copyright for its contents is most likely held by the author(s) or the company that created the software. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots:
for identification of, and critical commentary on, the software in question
in the absence of a free alternative,
on the , hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
Please include a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
If this is a screenshot of free software (GPL, BSD, etc.) do not use this template! Use the license tag that corresponds to the license instead, optionally alongside {{Free screenshot}} to categorize as a free screenshot.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an 'appropriate' rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a paramater to the license template.
{{Non-free software screenshot [|Category name][|image has rationale = yes]}}
Notation
In the above syntax:
Items written in bold must be typed exactly as you see them.
Items written in italic are abstract names which you replace with appropriate text in the image description page.
Items enclosed in brackets ("[" and "]") are optional. You may skip them.
Description
This template has two optional parameters:
Parameter
Description
image has rationale
If it is set to yes, the text at the bottom of the template requesting that the uploader provide a fair use rationale or use a free screenshot is removed.
Category name
By default, images with this template will be sorted into Category:Screenshots of software. Optionally, the first unnamed parameter can also be a category name, so that a screenshot may be sorted into a more specific category. For example:
{{Non-free software screenshot|Screenshots of video games}}
Please do not add images to "Free screenshots" or "Screenshots of public domain software" categories with this template because this template is only for copyrighted software.
