docs: update copyright year to 2026 in README

[himanshujays29]

Update copyright year from 2025 to 2026 in README

Fixes #749

Changes done:

• Updated the copyright year from 2025 to 2026 in the README file

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• README.md

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• Documentation
  • Updated copyright year in documentation.

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The copyright year in the README.md footer is updated from 2025 to 2026. This is a documentation-only change that reflects the current year of project maintenance. The modification involves a single line edit in the footer section without any changes to code functionality, behavior, or public API declarations.

Possibly related PRs

• fix: update copyright year to 2025 in documentation #733: Also updates the copyright year in README.md footer, following the same pattern of annual documentation maintenance (2024→2025).

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The pull request title accurately describes the main change: updating the copyright year in README from 2025 to 2026.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The pull request successfully addresses issue #749 by updating the copyright year from 2025 to 2026 in the README.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are directly related to the linked issue; only the copyright year in README was modified with no extraneous changes.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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README.md (1)

197-197: LGTM! Copyright year correctly updated.

The copyright year has been appropriately updated to 2026, reflecting the current year. The format and syntax are correct.

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