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 per week.

“996”工作制，指的是一种越来越流行的非官方工作制（早上 9 点 ~ 晚上 9 点，每周 6 天）。在一个实行“996”工作制的公司工作就意味着每周至少要工作 60 个小时。

• Update this list with evidence to help every worker.
• Add this badge to your project to support 996.ICU.
• License your awesome projects with the 996ICU License.

• 更新这个名单（附带证据），来帮助每一位工作者。
• 把这个徽章加入你的项目来支持 996.ICU
• 为您的项目添加反 996 许可证。

• 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 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.

• We are willing to hear all positive and constructive proposals and advocate for mature and responsible speech.

• We are working on the drafting of Anti-996 License right now and we hope to get help from professionals with relevant experience.

• 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。

• 目前反 996 许可证还处于起草阶段，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.

996.ICU 内容翻译，请自由发挥你的能力，调整格式、添加内容或修正语法。不过要注意，添加过多的翻译版本并非我们的目标。

• 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.

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

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

即使有互动限制，issues 区依然完全失去了控制。 因此我个人决定关闭 issues，这与 GitHub 或其他方面无关。

Anti-996 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
• See a full list of projects under Anti-996 License
• It is an idea of @xushunke: Design A Software License Of Labor Protection -- 996ICU License
• This version of Anti-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 Anti-996-License-1.0. Thank you.

反 996 许可证

• 此许可证的目的是阻止违反劳动法的公司使用许可证下的软件或代码，并强迫这些公司权衡他们的行为。
• 在此处查看反 996 许可证下的完整项目列表
• 此许可证的灵感来源于 @xushunke：Design A Software License Of Labor Protection -- 996ICU License
• 当前版本反 996 许可证由 伊利诺伊大学法学院的 Katt Gu, J.D 起草；由 Dimension 的首席执行官 Suji Yan 提供建议。
• 该草案改编自 MIT 许可证，如需更多信息请查看 Wiki。此许可证旨在与所有主流开源许可证兼容。
• 如果你是法律专业人士，或是任何愿意为未来版本做出直接贡献的人，请访问 Anti-996-License-1.0。感谢你的帮助。