# Legacy PDF publication review

Review date: 2026-08-03

## Decision

All 332 recovered PDFs are approved for publication on the open wiki. On 2026-08-03, the repository maintainer confirmed that permission had been obtained from the document creators and that the files may be exposed on the wiki.

| Category | Files | Publication decision |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Creator permission confirmed by repository maintainer | 332 | Approved |

The per-file decisions and review signals are recorded in `docs/pdf-publication-review.tsv`. The original recovery inventory remains in `docs/pdf-inventory.tsv`.

## Publication rule

A file is approved only when there is affirmative evidence that public redistribution is allowed, such as:

- a compatible Creative Commons or equivalent open licence;
- a public-domain dedication; or
- documented permission from the relevant rights holder.

The absence of a copyright notice is not treated as permission. For this collection, the affirmative basis is the repository maintainer's confirmation that creator permission was obtained.

Primary references:

- [Dutch Copyright Act (Auteurswet)](https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001886/)
- [European Commission: step-by-step guide to copyright in education](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/miscellaneous/step-step-guide-copyright-education)
- [European Commission IP Helpdesk copyright FAQ](https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/regional-helpdesks/european-ip-helpdesk/europe-frequently-asked-questions_en)

## Review method

All 332 PDFs were parsed page by page for text and metadata. The review searched for affirmative licences, explicit redistribution restrictions, third-party publisher indicators, and privacy indicators. Twenty-three image-heavy files with insufficient text extraction received OCR review of their first and last pages. No affirmative reuse licence or public-domain dedication was found.

The automated screen remains useful provenance but is not the publication basis. The permission confirmation supersedes the earlier hold decisions, and the per-file TSV records that status. The approved files are published byte-identically under `public/media/legacy-dokuwiki/`.