Allow Cosmic Daily publication of credited APOD images

tools/cosmic-daily/README.md

@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ The default mode is `preview`.
 - `preview` writes only to a temporary directory and never touches tracked files.
 - `generate` creates a Jekyll post and the corresponding WebP image when the media is eligible.
 - `check` validates front matter and image references for a generated article.
-- Video entries and external-copyright cases are treated as human review only.
+- Video entries are treated as human review only.
 - The repository workflow dispatch action supports `publish=false` for preview-only runs and `publish=true` to generate a branch and PR.

tools/cosmic-daily/cosmic_daily/cli.py

@@ -90,11 +90,6 @@ def generate(date_value: str | None = None) -> int:
         _emit_github_output(apod_date=apod.date, result="unsupported_media", post_path="", image_path="")
         print(decision.reason)
         return EXIT_ERROR
-    if decision.status == "review_required":
-        _emit_github_output(apod_date=apod.date, result="review_required", post_path="", image_path="")
-        print(decision.reason)
-        return EXIT_ERROR
-
     duplicates = repo.find_duplicates(apod.date, apod.apod_url)
     if duplicates:
         _emit_github_output(apod_date=apod.date, result="duplicate", post_path="", image_path="")

tools/cosmic-daily/cosmic_daily/rights_policy.py

@@ -11,21 +11,9 @@ class RightsDecision:
     reason: str
 
 
-def _looks_like_nasa_credit(value: str) -> bool:
-    upper = value.upper()
-    return "NASA" in upper or "APOD" in upper or "JPL" in upper or "SPACE TELESCOPE" in upper
-
-
 def evaluate_media_rights(media_type: str, copyright: Optional[str] = None) -> RightsDecision:
     normalized = (media_type or "").strip().lower()
     if normalized != "image":
         return RightsDecision(status="unsupported_media", allowed=False, reason="Only still-image APOD entries are published automatically.")
 
-    if copyright is None or not str(copyright).strip():
-        return RightsDecision(status="allowed", allowed=True, reason="No external copyright marker was provided.")
-
-    credit = str(copyright).strip()
-    if _looks_like_nasa_credit(credit):
-        return RightsDecision(status="allowed", allowed=True, reason="NASA or APOD credit is present; no external review is required.")
-
-    return RightsDecision(status="review_required", allowed=False, reason="External copyright detected; human review required before republishing the local image.")
+    return RightsDecision(status="allowed", allowed=True, reason="Still-image APOD entries are published automatically.")

tools/cosmic-daily/tests/test_rights_policy.py

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ def test_allows_nasa_image():
     assert decision.status == "allowed"
 
 
-def test_rejects_external_copyright():
+def test_allows_image_with_external_copyright():
     decision = evaluate_media_rights("image", "Jane Photographer")
-    assert decision.allowed is False
-    assert decision.status == "review_required"
+    assert decision.allowed is True
+    assert decision.status == "allowed"
 
 
 def test_rejects_video():