Add a CITATION.cff containing the necessary metadata to cite Pylint

Refs #8765, Closes #8760

Co-authored-by: Pierre Sassoulas <[email protected]>

Author: schackartk

CITATION.cff

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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: "Pylint"
+message: >-
+  If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
+type: software
+authors:
+  - name: "Pylint contributors"
+repository-code: "https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint"
+url: "https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
+abstract: >-
+  Pylint is a static code analyser for Python 2 or 3. Pylint analyses your code without
+  actually running it. It checks for errors, enforces a coding standard, looks for code
+  smells, and can make suggestions about how the code could be refactored.
+license: GPL-2.0

doc/whatsnew/fragments/8760.other

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+Add a CITATION.cff file to the root of the repository containing the necessary metadata to cite Pylint.
+
+Closes #8760