LICENSE, etc..

Author: mdwhatcott

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing
+
+In general, the code posted to the [Smarty Github organization](https://github.com/smarty) is created to solve specific problems at Smarty that are ancillary to our core products in the address verification industry and may or may not be useful to other organizations or developers. Our reason for posting said code isn't necessarily to solicit feedback or contributions from the community but more as a showcase of some of the approaches to solving problems we have adopted.
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+Having stated that, we do consider issues raised by other githubbers as well as contributions submitted via pull requests. When submitting such a pull request, please follow these guidelines:
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+- _Look before you leap:_ If the changes you plan to make are significant, it's in everyone's best interest for you to discuss them with a Smarty team member prior to opening a pull request.
+- _License and ownership:_ If modifying the `LICENSE.md` file, limit your changes to fixing typographical mistakes. Do NOT modify the actual terms in the license or the copyright by **Smarty, LLC**. Code submitted to Smarty projects becomes property of Smarty and must be compatible with the associated license.
+- _Testing:_ If the code you are submitting resides in packages/modules covered by automated tests, be sure to add passing tests that cover your changes and assert expected behavior and state. Submit the additional test cases as part of your change set.
+- _Style:_ Match your approach to **naming** and **formatting** with the surrounding code. Basically, the code you submit shouldn't stand out.
+    - "Naming" refers to such constructs as variables, methods, functions, classes, structs, interfaces, packages, modules, directories, files, etc...
+    - "Formatting" refers to such constructs as whitespace, horizontal line length, vertical function length, vertical file length, indentation, curly braces, etc...

LICENSE.md

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2022 Smarty, LLC
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README.md

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+#### SMARTY DISCLAIMER: Subject to the terms of the associated license agreement, this software is freely available for your use. This software is FREE, AS IN PUPPIES, and is a gift. Enjoy your new responsibility. This means that while we may consider enhancement requests, we may or may not choose to entertain requests at our sole and absolute discretion.
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 # funnel
 
 A generic fan-out/fan-in library in Go.