docs: add deprecation notice

README.rst

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+⚠️ DEPRECATION WARNING
+======================
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+This repository is `deprecated`_. It will no longer receive maintenance, support, or updates from the Open edX project.
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+At the time of writing, edX.org still runs `a fork`_ of this repository, but neither they nor the Open edX project make any guarantees about the stability or long-term availability of that code.
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+.. _deprecated: https://github.com/openedx/public-engineering/issues/276
+.. _a fork: https://github.com/edx/registrar
+
 Registrar service  |Travis|_ |Codecov|_
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