DOC: Contributors file (#1132)

We value the work of our contributors - of all of them. The CONTRIBUTORS file might give them more visibility and be more robust when the project is vendored into other projects.

It is by far not complete - I hope that people add themselves in PRs :-) 

See #798

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Contributors
+
+PyPDF2 had a lot of contributors since it started with pyPdf in 2005. We are
+a free software project without any company affiliation. We cannot pay
+contributors, but we do value their contributions. A lot of time, effort, and
+expertise went into this project. With this list, we recognize those awesome
+people 🤗
+
+The list is definitely not complete. You can find more contributors via the git
+history and [GitHubs 'Contributors' feature](https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/graphs/contributors).
+
+## Contributors to the pyPdf / PyPDF2 project
+
+* [Karvonen, Harry](https://github.com/Hatell/)
+* [Pinheiro, Arthur](https://github.com/xilopaint)
+* [pubpub-zz](https://github.com/pubpub-zz): involved in community development
+* [Thoma, Martin](https://github.com/MartinThoma): Maintainer of PyPDF2 since April 2022. I hope to build a great community with many awesome contributors. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-thoma/) | [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/users/562769/martin-thoma) | [Blog](https://martin-thoma.com/)
+* ztravis
+
+## Adding a new contributor
+
+Contributors are:
+
+* Anybody who has an commit in main - no matter how big/small or how many. Also if it's via co-authored-by.
+* People who opened helpful issues:
+  (1) Bugs: with complete MCVE
+  (2) Well-described feature requests
+  (3) Potentially some more.
+  The maintainers of PyPDF2 have the last call on that one.
+* Community work: This is exceptional. If the maintainers of PyPDF2 see people
+  being super helpful in answering issues / discussions or being very active on
+  Stackoverflow, we also consider them being contributors to PyPDF2.
+
+Contributors can add themselves or ask via an Github Issue to be added.
+
+Please use the following format:
+
+```
+* Last name, First name: 140-characters of text; links to linkedin / github / other profiles and personal pages are ok
+
+OR
+
+* GitHub Username: 140-characters of text; links to linkedin / github / other profiles and personal pages are ok
+```
+
+and add the entry in the alphabetical order. People who . The 140 characters are everything visible after the `Name:`.
+
+Please don't use images.

docs/conf.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../"))
 
 shutil.copyfile("../CHANGELOG.md", "meta/CHANGELOG.md")
+shutil.copyfile("../CONTRIBUTORS.md", "meta/CONTRIBUTORS.md")
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 

docs/index.rst

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ You can contribute to `PyPDF2 on Github <https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2>`_.
    meta/CHANGELOG
    meta/project-governance
    meta/history
+   meta/CONTRIBUTORS
    meta/comparisons
    meta/faq