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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If you want to reference 996.icu badge, read [What can I do?](#what-can-i-do) as follow.
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 per week.
* This is not a political movement. We firmly uphold the labor law and require 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 emphasize labor rights at the same time. What we want is to create an open source software license that advocates for workers' rights.
[Translations of 996.ICU's contents](i18n/i18n.md), 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](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.
- 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](https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU/pull/15642) for more details.
> This version of Anti 996 License is drafted by [Katt Gu, J.D, University of Illinois, College of Law](https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=PTcpQwcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao); advised by [Suji Yan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedkoyan/), CEO of [Dimension](https://www.dimension.im).
> This draft is adapted from the MIT license. For more detailed explaination, 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 are willing to contribute to further version directly, please go to [Anti-996-License-1.0](https://github.com/kattgu7/996-License-Draft). Thank you.
