diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Clinton Blackburn <cblackburn@edx.org>
+Dennis Jen <djen@edx.org>
+Carlos Andrés Rocha <rocha@edx.org>
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65cb6e197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Contributions are very welcome.
+
+Please read [How To Contribute](https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst) for details.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45e14432a..8d6ff9a67 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-analytics-dashboard
-===================
+Part of [edX code](http://code.edx.org/)
 
+edX Analytics Dashboard
+=======================
 Dashboard to display course analytics to course teams
 
 Getting Started
 ---------------
-
 1. Get the code (e.g. clone the repository).
 2. Install the Python requirements:
 
@@ -19,7 +19,28 @@ Getting Started
 
         ./manage.py runserver
 
+License
+-------
+The code in this repository is licensed under version 3 of the AGPL unless otherwise noted.
+
+Please see `LICENSE.txt` for details.
+
+How To Contribute
+-----------------
+Contributions are very welcome.
+
+Please read [How To Contribute](https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst) for details.
+
 Testing
 -------
 
     $ ./manage.py test
+
+Reporting Security Issues
+-------------------------
+Please do not report security issues in public. Please email security@edx.org.
+
+
+Mailing List and IRC Channel
+----------------------------
+You can discuss this code on the [edx-code Google Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/edx-code) or in the `edx-code` IRC channel on Freenode.