From 33ce74b387ae84b6f91efd9e0398334744062796 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:41:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add advice on copyright notices and PRs (#1470)

---
 conf.py                                    |  4 +---
 getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 74137e8b54..f64e415d1c 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import time
-
 extensions = [
     'notfound.extension',
     'sphinx.ext.extlinks',
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = "Python Developer's Guide"
-copyright = f'2011-{time.strftime("%Y")}, Python Software Foundation'
+copyright = '2011 Python Software Foundation'
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
diff --git a/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst b/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst
index 5728cb9da0..59242f13f0 100644
--- a/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst
+++ b/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst
@@ -238,6 +238,25 @@ should do to help ensure that your pull request is accepted.
 #. Proper :ref:`documentation <documenting>` additions/changes should be included.
 
 
+Copyrights
+==========
+
+Copyright notices are optional and informational, as international treaties
+have abolished the requirement for them to protect copyrights.
+However, they still serve an informative role.
+
+According to the US Copyright Office, valid copyright notices include the year
+of first publication of the work. For example:
+
+   Copyright (C) 2001 Python Software Foundation.
+
+Updating notices to add subsequent years is unnecessary and such PRs will be
+closed.
+
+See also `python/cpython#126133
+<https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/126133#issuecomment-2460824052>`__.
+
+
 .. _patchcheck:
 
 ``patchcheck``