# drop-ice/dear-github-2.0

📨 An open letter to GitHub from the maintainers of open source projects

Repository: https://github.com/drop-ice/dear-github-2.0
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dear-github-20
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-04-20T06:18:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2476, "days_push": 865, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1903, forks 642 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:51.744714+00:00)

## What it is
An open letter from open source maintainers to GitHub protesting its renewed contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It is an advocacy document, not usable software, despite being written in JavaScript (likely for the hosted page).

## Use cases
- read the open letter to GitHub about the ICE contract
- cite maintainer opposition to GitHub's ICE Enterprise Server contract
- understand the 2019 Dear GitHub 2.0 campaign
- find signatories of the open letter
- research open source community activism against government contracts

## When to choose
- you want to reference or sign the maintainer letter protesting GitHub's ICE contract
- you are researching open source community activism or platform ethics debates

## When to avoid
- you need actual software, a library, or a tool to integrate into a project
- you want a neutral technical resource about GitHub features

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, social-media
- platform: -
- tags: open-letter, advocacy, activism, github, ice-contract, not-software, web-server

## Member repositories
- drop-ice/dear-github-2.0 (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.744714+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:11:52.740708+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/drop-ice/dear-github-2.0 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.744714+00:00, sha ddf6e33710c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.