From 2015 to 2022, I spent hundreds of hours on Duolingo, translating articles, answering language questions on the forums, and helping to improve the smaller courses by reporting mistakes.
There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo: the course creators who wrote their courses, the volunteers who created grammar guides (some smaller languages had an entire second course in the forums), the wiki contributors, the native speakers who answered questions in the sentence discussions.
All of their work made Duolingo the powerhouse it is today. Duo was built by a community who believed in its original mission: language learning should be free and accessible.
Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company. And now that work is being fed into their AI as training data.
Well, I've learned the true lesson of Duolingo: never give a corporation your labour for free. Don't ever trust them, no matter what they say. Eventually greed will consume any good intentions.
I would suggest that what you really learned was to ALWAYS "License" your contributions to any crowd-sourced project under CC-BY-SA, the #FSF#GPL or #AGPL, or some other #Creative_Commons or strong #Copyleft license.
Again: "License" your contributions - do not "ASSIGN" your copyright to any project. It's a common technique used by tricksters to steal your intellectual property for their own diabolical, ulterior motives like you just described
I want Firefox to succeed more than ever and I support Mozilla finding better revenue sources than search engine default sales, but I do not support a $7M salary for its CEO.
I canceled my recurring donation to Mozilla because I need that money more than Mozilla’s CEO needs that money.
If there is a direct funding option of developers working on Firefox, I will happily reallocate that money. Send me links.
🎉 Happy 40th anniversary to the #GNU operating system! 🎂 The @fsf has been a driving force in advancing free software through projects like GNU. Let's help them continue this incredible work! #GNU40#WorkingTogether#FSF 💻 https://www.fsf.org/appeal
Grâce à la #fsf, à M. Kirschner & S. Brandstätter puis à @framaka , #radiofrance parle enfin, sur #francecultre , de numérique du libre. C'est énorme 🐘
Conseil pour 🎄 : offrez aux jeunes et moins jeunes de votre entourage #adazangemann 🎁
Éditée par c&f édition, c'est une géniale vulgarisation 🤩 de la lutte pour un autre internet et un autre numérique, libres, ouverts et solidaires, à mille lieux de ceux imposés par les #gafam , par le #capitalisme 💡✊
Hello, people of the #Fediverse. If you're running a website and looking for a meaningful way to support the @fsf here's a simple yet powerful action you can take! Add this nifty #FSF Fundraiser Banner to your site. It's super easy - just include this iframe code:
I kinda remember a #fantasy short story (or maybe novella) I read several years ago, about a kid (?) who could somehow portal across worlds, which had "Stratagem" in the title and was the first published work of a young author.
I know it's very little to go on but maybe somebody here can help me?
Must have been on #beneathceaselessskies, #clarkesworld, #locus or #FSF since those are the magazines I've variously subscribed to.
🎉 Exciting news, everyone! I'm excited to announce the arrival of not one, but TWO new versions of Linux-libre: 6.5.10-gnu and 6.1.61-gnu. As usual these versions are filled to the brim with software freedom. Let's keep controlling our computing together! #GNU#LinuxLibre#Linux#FSF#FreeSoftware#SoftwareFreedom
Happy #FSF Friday, people of the #Fediverse! Just a reminder that the mission of the @fsf is based in an ethical stance, advocating for our rights. Let's cherish our ability to control our computing, and never give it up! #FreeSoftware#SoftwareFreedom
Hello folks! Exciting gnus from the Linux-libre world: We have 3 new versions out: 6.5.6-gnu, 6.1.45-gnu, and 5.15.134-gnu! With Linux-libre, you've got #freedom to explore, study, and modify ALL the software in your kernel. Dive in, the water's fine! #GNU#FSF#FreeSoftware#SoftwareFreedom
Thank you from the bottom of our GNU little heart! #ThankGNU to Asitha Senanayake, Guus Sliepen, Jeffrey Elkner, Juan José González, Leonard Marion Ignacio Provido, Martin Jässing, Ola Wingbrant, Simon Josefsson, and Will Butler for their generous contribution to the #fsf Let's fight for freedom together! https://u.fsf.org/3vy
Exciting gnus: There are 8 new versions of Linux-libre out! They're 6.6.3-gnu, 6.5.13-gnu, 6.1.64-gnu, 5.15.140-gnu, 5.10.202-gnu1, 5.4.262-gnu1, 4.19.300-gnu1, and 4.14.331-gnu1. Let's continue upholding the spirit of free software together. Embrace the freedom to control your computing. Onwards and upwards! 🚀 #GNU#Linux#LinuxLibre#FreeSoftware#SoftwareFreedom#FSF
Thank you from the bottom of our GNU little heart! #ThankGNU to Dock Williams, Judicaël Courant, Kenneth Rodriguez Garcia, Michael Guiher, Nahuel Sacchetti, OFSET, Ron Hume, Russell Hernandez Ruiz, and The Kuckelheims for their generous contribution to the #fsf Let's fight for freedom together! https://u.fsf.org/3vy
Thank you from the bottom of our GNU little heart! #ThankGNU to Asitha Senanayake, Guus Sliepen, Jeffrey Elkner, Juan José González, Leonard Marion Ignacio Provido, Martin Jässing, Ola Wingbrant, Simon Josefsson, and Will Butler for their generous contribution to the #fsf Let's fight for freedom together! https://u.fsf.org/3vy
We would like to express gratitude to the numerous #FOSS volunteers and #opensource companies helping to improve #FreeSoftware every day! Be our #valentine! Celebrate with us by becoming a part of our wonderful community and discovering ways to contribute to #CollaboraOnline!
I pazienti con occhi bionici stanno diventando di nuovo ciechi dopo che il produttore ha deciso che sono obsoleti
La Second Sight Medical Products, produttore di protesi visive che ripristinavano la visione parziale ai non vedenti, ha fornito impianti oculari a più di 350 persone cieche, ma ha smesso di supportare la sua tecnologia alcuni anni fa dopo essere stata sul punto di fallire e ha lasciato i suoi pazienti a se stessi.
Our Email Self-Defense guide teaches you how to defend yourself and others by using encryption. Check out the updated version, get your GnuPG set up, and share with absolutely everyone you know with #UserFreedom: https://u.fsf.org/3f5
@fsf A month ago I followed your Self-Defense guide to set up my GPG, and now I can't live without signing my e-mails and git commits! #UserFreedom#FSF#FreeSoftware