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@@ -2,4 +2,25 @@ ## Laravel - A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
 
 Laravel is a clean and classy framework for PHP web development. Freeing you from spaghetti code, Laravel helps you create wonderful applications using simple, expressive syntax. Development should be a creative experience that you enjoy, not something that is painful. Enjoy the fresh air.
 
-### [Official Website & Documentation](http://laravel.com)
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+### [Official Website & Documentation](http://laravel.com)
+
+### Feature Overview
+
+- Simple routing using Closures or controllers.
+- Views and templating.
+- Driver based session and cache handling.
+- Database abstraction with query builder.
+- Authentication.
+- Migrations.
+- PHPUnit Integration.
+- A lot more.
+
+### Contributing to Laravel
+
+Contributions are encouraged and welcome; however, please review the Developer Certificate of Origin in the "license.txt" file included in the repository. All commits must be signed off using the "-s" switch.
+
+	git commit -s -m "thie commit will be signed off automatically!"
+
+### License
+
+Laravel is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License.
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