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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 abingham
+
+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
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+SOFTWARE.
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+# flycheck-vale
+
+This package provides [flycheck](http://www.flycheck.org/) integration
+for [vale](https://github.com/ValeLint/vale). Flycheck is an Emacs system for
+on-the-fly syntax checking. Vale is a natural language linter. So with
+`flycheck-vale` you get on-the-fly natural language linting.
+
+Right now `flycheck-vale` is very new and unpolished. Ideas, PRs, etc. are welcome!
+
+## Quickstart
+
+To use `flycheck-vale` just `require` it and run `flycheck-vale-setup`:
+
+```emacs-lisp
+(require 'flycheck-vale)
+(flycheck-vale-setup)
+```