I'm using Sphinx-Doc to document a specification. On the HTML pages it's very easy to add a copyright statement. Adding it to the PDF has been more challenging.

In my conf.py I've added the following:

latex_elements = {
        'extraclassoptions': 'openany',
        'preamble': r'''
\makeatletter
  \fancypagestyle{normal}{
    \fancyhf{}
    \fancyfoot{}
    \fancyfoot[LO,LE]{\thepage}
    \fancyfoot[RO,RE]{Copyright 2025 XXXX}
    \fancyhead[LO,LE]{{\py@HeaderFamily \@title}}
    \fancyhead[RO,RE]{{\py@HeaderFamily \py@release}}
    \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
    \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
  }
\makeatother
''',
}

It appears that the behavior in sphinxlatexstylepage overrides my settings when on the first page of a chapter. On later pages I get the formatting I want, but not on the first page of each chapter. This is a problem, especially when some chapters only have a single page. How do I override the override? I'm not a LaTex geek. It took a lot of searching and experimenting to get this far, and now I'm stuck. Help!