The name `996.ICU` refers to **"Work by '996', sick in ICU"**, an ironic saying among Chinese developers, which means that by following the "996" work schedule, you are risking yourself getting into the ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
* *Abacus:* [Follow China’s “996” work hours and you’ll end up in an ICU, says Chinese developer](https://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/follow-chinas-996-work-hours-and-youll-end-icu-says-chinese-developer/article/3003702). 28 March, 2019.
* *South China Morning Post:* [‘Developers’ lives matter’– Chinese software engineers use Github to protest against the country’s 996 work schedule](https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/3003691/developers-lives-matter-chinese-software-engineers-use-github). 29 March, 2019.
* *TechNode:* [Briefing: Chinese developers protest ‘996’ in viral Github post](https://technode.com/2019/03/29/briefing-chinese-developers-protest-996-in-viral-github-post/). 29 March, 2019.
* *Packt Pub:* [‘Developers’ lives matter’: Chinese developers protest over the “996 work schedule” on GitHub](https://hub.packtpub.com/developers-lives-matter-chinese-developers-protest-over-the-996-work-schedule-on-github/). 29 March, 2019.
* *Inkstone:* [China’s tech workers protest brutal work culture with communist jingles](https://www.inkstonenews.com/tech/china-tech-workers-protest-996-working-schedule-github/article/3003800). 29 March, 2019.
* *THE VERGE:* [Chinese developers use GitHub to protest long work hours](https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18291035/chinese-developers-github-protest-long-work-hours). 2 April, 2019.
* *THE VERGE:* [Tencent and Xiaomi may be censoring a GitHub page for airing worker grievances](https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/3/18294030/tencent-xiaomi-china-censorship-browser-block-github-page-worker-grievances). 3 April, 2019.
* *Financial Times:* [China tech worker protest against long working hours goes viral](https://www.ft.com/content/72754638-55d1-11e9-91f9-b6515a54c5b1). 3 April, 2019.
* *Abacus:* [Chinese browsers block protest against China’s 996 overtime work culture](https://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/chinese-browsers-block-protest-against-chinas-996-overtime-work-culture/article/3004543). 3 April, 2019.
* *ZDNet:* [996.ICU : Sur Github, les développeurs chinois donnent de la voix](https://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/996icu-sur-github-les-developpeurs-chinois-donnent-de-la-voix-39882985.htm). 3 April, 2019.
* *Wired:* [How github is helping overworked chinese programmers](https://www.wired.com/story/how-github-helping-overworked-chinese-programmers/). 4 April, 2019.
* *Reuters:* [Rare overtime protest by China tech workers goes viral](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tech-labour/rare-overtime-protest-by-china-tech-workers-goes-viral-idUSKCN1RH12B). 5 April, 2019.
* *Vice:* [Chinese Workers Are Trying to Bake Fair Labor Practices Into Software](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbz84n/chinese-workers-are-trying-to-bake-fair-labor-practices-into-software). 5 April, 2019.
* *Quantz* [How GitHub became a bulletin board for Chinese tech worker complaints](https://qz.com/1589309/996-icu-github-hosts-chinese-tech-worker-complaints/). 9 April, 2019.
* *AsiaOne* [Abusive work schedules in China's tech industry under fire](https://www.asiaone.com/world/abusive-work-schedules-chinas-tech-industry-under-fire). 10 April, 2019.
A "996" work schedule refers to an unofficial work schedule (9 a.m.–9 p.m., 6 days per week) that has been gaining popularity. Serving a company that encourages the "996" work schedule usually means working for at least 60 hours per week.
* This is not a political movement. We firmly uphold the labor law and request employers to respect the legitimate rights and interests of their employees.
* It is a great progress from closed source to open source, and it will also be a great progress from open source to emphasizing labor rights at the same time. What we want is to create an open source software license that advocates workers' rights.
Please feel free to [translate 996.ICU's contents](i18n/i18n.md), adjust the format, add some contents or fix grammatical errors. Please note that adding too many translations is getting off the track.
- [955.WLB](https://github.com/formulahendry/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.LIST](https://github.com/fengT-T/996_list) is a repo of a rank list of 996 companies and 955 companies.
- [996.law](https://github.com/CPdogson/996.law) This is a manual for workers who want to conduct labor arbitration and litigation on their own. Workers are encouraged to collect evidence whenever possible.
- [996.action](https://github.com/CPdogson/996action) Supporters are encouraged to participate in public supervision, which is important to ensure local labor departments' compliance with labor laws and keep related information public. Public supervision is not only legal and low cost, but also provides protection to your health and job security. This module will motivate more legal actions in the future.
- 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 weigh their way of working
- This draft is adapted from the MIT license. For more detailed explanation, please see [Wiki](https://github.com/kattgu7/996-License-Draft/wiki). This license is designed to be compatible with all major open source licenses.
- For law professionals or anyone who is willing to contribute to future version directly, please go to [Anti-996-License-1.0](https://github.com/kattgu7/996-License-Draft). Thank you.
