The name 996.ICU refers to 'Work by "996", sick in ICU', an ironic saying among Chinese programmers, which means that by following the "996" work schedule, you are risking yourself getting into the ICU (Intensive Care Unit).

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A "996" work schedule refers to an unofficial work schedule (9 a.m. ~ 9 p.m., 6 days per week) that has been gaining in popularity. Serving a company that encourages the "996" work schedule usually means working for at least 60 hours a week.

• Update this list with evidence to help every worker.
  更新这个名单（附带证据），来帮助每一位工作者。
• Add this badge to your project to support 996.ICU.
  把这个徽章加入你的项目来支持996.ICU

• 996.ICU is an initiative initiated by IT practitioners. We welcome people from other fields and other countries to join the discussion.

• this is not a politic activity,we are the staunch supporters of labour law. we ask employers to respect the legitimate rights and interests of employees.

• From closed source to open source is a great progress, from open source to emphasizing the protection of labor rights and interests at the same time will also be an another great progress. We want to create an open source software license that protects workers' rights and interests.

• We welcome all positive and constructive suggestions and advocate mature and responsible speeches.

• At present, 996 ICU License is work in progress, we hope professionals with relevant experience can help.

• 996.ICU 是IT从业者发起的一项倡议，我们欢迎其他领域、其他国家的人士加入讨论。

• 这并不是一个政治运动，我们坚定维护劳动法，我们要求雇主尊重雇员的合法权益。

• 从闭源到开源是一次伟大的进步，从开源到同时强调保护劳工权益也将是一次伟大的进步，我们想要创造一个主张保护劳动者权益的开源软件许可证。

• 我们欢迎一切积极的、具有建设性意义的建议，倡导成熟的、负责任的发言。

• 目前 996ICU License 处于起草阶段，希望有相关经验的专业人士能给予帮助。

Translations of 996.ICU's contents, feel free to adjust the format, add some contents or fix grammatical errors. Please note that adding too many translations is getting off the track.

• 955.WLB is a repo that maintains a whitelist of 955 work–life balanced companies. It promotes people to flee 996 and join 955.

• 996.LAW is a repo that collects useful information about cases between employees and enterprise.

• 996.TSC is a repo designed to let more people know and join the activity of 996.ICU.

• An anonymous vote page shows a rank list of 996 (or more) companies. (Thanks to @LinXueyuanStdio)

• 996.LIST is a repo of a rank list of 996 companies and 955 companies.

Even with interaction limits on, the issue area was totally out of control.
So I personally decided to switch it off, not by GitHub or others.

996ICU License

• The purpose of this license is to prevent anti-labour-law companies from using the software or codes under the license, and force those companies to balance their work schedule.
• It is an idea of @xushunke: Design A Software License Of Labor Protection -- 996ICU License. See #15642 for more details.

This version of 996 License is drafted by Katt Gu, J.D, University of Illinois, College of Law; advised by Suji Yan, CEO of Dimension.

This draft is adapted from the MIT license. For more detailed explaination, please see Wiki. This license is designed to be compatible with all major open source licenses.

For law professionals or anyone who are willing to contribute to further version directly, please go to 996-License-Draft. Thank you.