[FOSsil-bank] [FC-discuss] FOSsil Bank Update (12 May 2013)

Sun May 12 15:42:31 UTC 2013

Lem, 1964: "This mode of emergence of technological practice has not disappeared altogether since the cultural significance of every great technology reaches much further than just the lifetime of each individual generation - which is why it's future-oriented consequences of a systemic, habitual, and ethical kind, as well as the very direction in which it is pushing humanity, not only are not a subject of anyone's conscious intention but also effectively defy the recognition of the existence of such significance or the definition of its nature."

Thanks,
http://shamanovsky.com
http://bit.ly/tickletickletickle
http://www.last.fm/music/GIGGA

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On May 11, 2013, at 21:55, Chris Sakkas <sanglorian at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi Victor,
> 
> I'm afraid I don't have a page explaining #FundFreeCulture, but basically it's a Twitter hashtag for any free/libre/open projects that have a commercial element. For example, if you can buy a book that is under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, it would qualify - as would a computer program under the GNU General Public License or the donation page of an artist whose creations come under the Free Art License.
> 
> Does that answer your question?
> Cheers,
> Chris
> 
> Chris Sakkas
> Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki and the Living Libre blog and Twitter feed.
> 
> 
> On 12 May 2013 11:29, Victor Shamanovsky <victor.shamanovsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am confused. Pay people and foundations to do free stuff?
>> Can you please point me to a wiki page where the premise of this is explained to a lay person like myself.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> http://shamanovsky.com
>> http://bit.ly/tickletickletickle
>> http://www.last.fm/music/GIGGA
>> 
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>> On May 11, 2013, at 19:48, Chris Sakkas <sanglorian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
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>>> Hi folks,
>>> 
>>> Another few weeks, another FOSsil Bank Update. As always, please get in touch if you've found any libre or shareable content and I'll chuck it on the wiki.
>>> #FundFreeCulture
>>> 
>>> Chip in a few dollars a month to support The League of Moveable Type. (All fonts under the SIL OFL) 
>>> 
>>> It’s not funding, but it’s another way that you can contribute: playtest the tabletop RPG Five by Five, now in its third edition. (CC BY-SA)
>>> 
>>> The Software Freedom Conservancy is running a fundraising campaign to develop an open source non-profit accounting software. ($10,224/$75,000)
>>> 
>>> The Green Meme online organising handbook completed its funding. (CC BY; $3,976/$2,200) 
>>> t.b.d. is a TV miniseries about twenty-somethings in a conflicted Midwest town. (CC BY-SA; 6 days left; $166/$5,000) 
>>> The Lyrical Truth was a project to create a dark musical about domestic violence and drug abuse. Unfortunately, it didn't fund. (CC BY-SA; $224/$15,000) 
>>> Geary is an open source email client. Unfortunately it didn’t make its goal. ($50,860 of $100,000)
>>> 
>>> Monster Tome is a project to create 20 public domain artworks of unusual monsters suggested by the backers. Unfortunately, it didn’t make its goal ($1,060 of $4,300)
>>> 
>>> The OpenShot Video Editor shot through its goal. ($45,028 of $20,000)
>>> 
>>> The Public Domain Review was saved! ($22,070 of $20,000)
>>> 
>>> Justin, the creator of the free culture boardgame To the Barricades, is asking for support to help him take art classes – and will create art in exchange. (free culture or free software licences of your choosing)
>>> 
>>> Community
>>> 
>>> Earn $30 by writing an adventure for the libre tabletop RPG Critical!: Go Westerly.
>>> 
>>> Two Google groups have popped up: The Free Culture Foundation and CC BY-SA
>>> 
>>> Libre Works
>>> 
>>> The boardgame To the Barricades now has a playtest version available. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> RPG retroclone Swords & Wizardry has an SRD provided by the same people behind the Pathfinder SRD. (OGL) 
>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation has put together The Open Book, a crowdsourced publication that introduces the global open movement. (CC BY) 
>>> The Pathfinder SRD is a massive undertaking that warrants its own section. (OGL) 
>>> The Digital Public Library launched last month. (CC BY) 
>>> Jeff Preston is an artist who created the 108 Terrible Character Portraits. (CC BY) 
>>> Envisioning Technology is a futurist studio. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> Open the Future is a futurism blog. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> vessel.cc is a shifting art installation. It was available for download but that feature has been removed. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> One Shot is a tabletop RPG of sacrifice and vengeance. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> Interactivities Ink has a bevy of games you can download. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> The Italian Constitutional Court is experimenting with open data. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> Super Repo is another game from Teapot Dome Games, this one about people with superpowers who work mundane jobs. (CC BY) 
>>> I was sure I already had a page for Awen, but I couldn’t find it. It’s a charming fantasy game. (Public domain) 
>>> The Software Freedom Conservancy’s site is libre (CC BY-SA) http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:software-freedom-conservancy
>>> The website for the Midgard RPG went down, but because it’s under a libre licence we can preserve it. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> Elevation of Privilege is an original deck of cards and a game to play with those cards created by Microsoft. (CC BY) 
>>> Tenpenny Joke is no longer on Jamendo, but thanks to the Internet Archive we can still enjoy their music. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> The entirety of The Wealth of Commons is finally available online. (CC BY-SA) 
>>> QuadSystem is an RPG created for a recent contest. (CC BY) 
>>> I went to some effort to list which Piecepack games are under which public copyright licence. (PD, GNU FDL, CC BY-NC-SA) 
>>> Non-free Shareable Works
>>> 
>>> BrickQuest is fantasy boardgaming in an ABS (Lego) universe. (CC BY-NC-SA) 
>>> Threshold is a tabletop RPG of tragic superheroes inspired by Otherkind. (CC BY-NC-SA) 
>>> Leviathans is a steampunk vehicle miniatures game. (CC BY-NC-SA) 
>>> Aetherverse is a sci-fi miniatures game. (CC BY-NC-SA) 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Enjoy!
>>> 
>>> Chris Sakkas
>>> Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki and the Living Libre blog and Twitter feed.
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