From c995b11c4c1ccc63a05f8fee97ab57a0e933a19d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2021 11:54:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add a comment about copyright notices

Add a link to best practices about copyright notices and when to and
when not to change them or add them.

Fixes #6777

Signed-off-by: Anas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com>
---
 doc/contribute/index.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contribute/index.rst b/doc/contribute/index.rst
index 300740fe820..be5e038e6ef 100644
--- a/doc/contribute/index.rst
+++ b/doc/contribute/index.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ this contributing and review process for imported components.
 
       ../LICENSING.rst
 
+.. _copyrights:
+
+Copyrights Notices
+*******************
+
+Please follow this `Community Best Practice`_ for Copyright Notices from the
+Linux Foundation.
+
+
+.. _Community Best Practice:
+   https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/copyright-notices-in-open-source-software-projects/
+
 .. _DCO:
 
 Developer Certification of Origin (DCO)