Summary

Screenshot of a blank document in IBM Lotus Symphony Documents, running on Mac OS X.

Fair use in IBM Lotus Symphony

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
2. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the software. A screenshot cannot be used to pirate the software.
3. The image shows only the default (blank document) interface on each piece of software, and only the Home screen
4. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

Licensing

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 low-resolution screenshots: for identification of, and critical commentary on, the software in question, in the absence of a free alternative, on the English-language Wikipedia, 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:Non-free content for more information. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_Lotus_Docs.png true

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. Try using Template:Non-free use rationale software screenshot to state the rationale. 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 parameter to the license template.