Template:Non-free logo

This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos.

Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa. Fair use

To the uploader:

This tag is only for use on images of logos.
This tag is not sufficient on its own. Please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For an example fair use rationale for a logo, see here.
Template:Non-free use rationale logo may be helpful for stating the rationale.
Please do not use this template to tag non-free icons of computer software. Such items should be tagged with {{Non-free computer icon}} template.

Regarding uses other than in the original article:

A detailed non-free use rationale is required for every article the logo is used in. Check the non-free use criteria and do not assume that existing rationales can be simply copied and pasted, as they may not necessarily apply.

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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Place this template in image description pages of the images of non-free logos. If the image is also a registered trademark please include regtrademark=yes parameter as shown below:

{{Non-free logo|regtrademark=yes}}

If the image is a non-registered trademark add nonregtrademark=yes as shown below:

{{Non-free logo|nonregtrademark=yes}}

Please do not place this template on image of copyright-free logos. For more information about such logos, see Copyright-free logos.

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