1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using Babel Free (babelfree.com), including El Viaje del Jaguar, our multilingual dictionary, grammar forums, and any related services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.
If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our services. These terms apply to all visitors, registered users, and contributors.
2. User Accounts
- You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. Users under 18 require parental or guardian consent.
- You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for all activity under your account.
- Account information must be accurate. You may update your profile at any time.
- One account per person. Automated account creation is not permitted.
- Babel Free reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms.
3. Course Access and Content
- El Viaje del Jaguar is currently offered as a free Spanish language course spanning CEFR levels A1 through C2.
- Course content (games, narratives, exercises, literary excerpts) is provided for personal educational use only.
- Progress data, mastery scores, and learning analytics are stored to improve your experience and may be used in aggregate for research purposes (see our Privacy Policy).
- We reserve the right to modify, update, or restructure course content at any time to improve pedagogical quality.
- While we align with CEFR standards and prepare students for DELE certification, completion of our course does not automatically confer any official certification.
4. Dictionary Services
- The Babel Free multilingual dictionary is freely accessible and covers 94 languages with over 11 million entries.
- Dictionary data is sourced from open lexicographic resources (including Wiktionary) and original content. Attribution is maintained per applicable licenses.
- Dictionary content is provided “as is” and may contain errors. We continuously improve accuracy through automated and manual review.
- Bulk scraping, automated downloading, or commercial redistribution of dictionary data is prohibited.
5. Community Guidelines
Our grammar forum and feedback systems are community spaces. When participating:
- Be respectful. Harassment, hate speech, discrimination, and personal attacks are not tolerated.
- Stay on topic. Forum posts should relate to language learning, grammar, or course feedback.
- Do not post spam, advertisements, or promotional content.
- Do not share personal information of others without their consent.
- Content you post in forums may be visible to other users and indexed by search engines.
6. Intellectual Property
- The Babel Free platform, including its design, code, game mechanics, narrative content, character designs (Yaguará, El Maestro, Candelaria, and others), and original literary adaptations, is protected by copyright.
- Literary excerpts from public domain authors (Rafael Pombo, José Eustasio Rivera, Tomás Carrasquilla) are used in accordance with Colombian and international copyright law.
- Literary works by Luis Fernando Macías are used with permission and remain the intellectual property of the author.
- You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or create derivative works from our course content without prior written permission.
- Dictionary content derived from open-source projects retains its original license (typically CC BY-SA).
7. Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to:
- Use the platform for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable laws.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the platform, other accounts, or our servers.
- Interfere with or disrupt the platform’s operation, including through automated scripts, bots, or DDoS attacks.
- Circumvent, disable, or interfere with security features.
- Use the platform to collect personal information about other users.
- Resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit access to the platform without authorization.
8. Disclaimers
Babel Free is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied.
- We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access to the platform.
- We do not guarantee specific learning outcomes, DELE exam results, or language proficiency levels.
- Educational content is designed to supplement, not replace, formal language instruction where applicable.
- Dictionary definitions, translations, and linguistic data may contain inaccuracies.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Babel Free and its team shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of or inability to use the platform.
Our total liability for any claim arising from these terms or your use of the platform shall not exceed the amount you have paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim (or zero if you use only free services).
10. Account Termination
- You may delete your account at any time through your profile settings or by contacting us.
- We may suspend or terminate your account for violations of these terms, with or without notice.
- Upon termination, your right to access the platform ceases. We may retain certain data as required by law or as described in our Privacy Policy.
- You may request export of your learning data before account deletion.
11. Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms from time to time. When we make material changes:
- We will update the “Effective date” at the top of this page.
- We will notify registered users by email or by displaying a notice on the platform.
- Continued use of Babel Free after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.
If you disagree with any changes, you may close your account.
12. Contact
For questions about these terms, contact us at:
- Email: info@babelfree.com
- Contact form: babelfree.com/contact