[Open-access] FOSsil Bank Update (3 November 2012)
Chris Sakkas
sanglorian at gmail.com
Sat Nov 3 02:46:14 UTC 2012
Hi folks,
Another update to the FOSsil Bank follows. Please share with anyone you
think might be interested.
#FundFreeCulture
Ways you can pay for free culture.
Current
-
Brad Sucks, ‘Guess Who’s a
Mess’<http://www.bradsucks.net/albums/guess-whos-a-mess/>(now
available! name your price; CC BY-SA)
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Japanese RPG Monster RPG
2<http://www.indiegogo.com/monster-rpg-2-open-jrpg-game-engine>is
being ransomed on IndieGoGo, although as far as I can tell only the
engine will be libre licensed and not the assets ($1,006/$1,500; 4 days
left; Give It Your Own License, License)
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The colour and black-and-white art of the African-themed Spears of the
Dawn RPG<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637945166/spears-of-the-dawn-rpg>will
be released into the public domain for others to use. ($8,198/$3,000;
5 days left; public domain)
-
MediaGoblin <http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html> is a media
publishing system for video, images and audio. ($23,901/$60,000; 7 days
left; GNU AGPL)
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One Shot<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandandsteam/one-shot-a-roleplaying-game-of-murder-and-vengeanc>is
a new tabletop RPG on Kickstarter from open gaming stalwart Tracy
Barnett. Music, art and the game itself are all going to be libre licensed
($3,220/$3,000; 1 day left; CC BY-SA)
- Learn Game Programming
(codeschool.org)<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/680276743/learn-game-programming-codeschoolorg>is
a Kickstarter project to fund a video series for novice programmers.
You
can check out existing material at
http://www.codeschool.org($1,902/$700; 22 days to go; CC BY-SA, it
appears)
Concluded
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Bejewelled-style TumbleGonk <http://www.indiegogo.com/tumblegonk> failed
to be ransomed on IndieGoGo, and all contributions were refunded.
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Hillfolk,<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robindlaws/hillfolk-dramasystem-roleplaying-by-robin-d-laws>a
Kickstarter project where one of the stretch goals was for two
tabletop
RPG rule systems (GUMSHOE and DramaSystem) to be open licensed, was funded.
($93,845/$3,000)
Best contributor
Goes to Shlomi Fish for adding his work The Enemy and How I Helped to
Fight<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-enemy-and-how-i-helped-to-fight-it>to
the wiki.
If you’d like to help out, I’ve made a list of
jobs<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/system:list-of-jobs>that need
doing.
On the blog
-
I explore a discussion taking place on tabletop RPG designer Robin Laws’
blog about what licence he should place on two game systems (GUMSHOE and
DramaSystem). There was vigorous discussion about CC BY, CC BY-SA, the Open
Game License as well as options like CC+, dual licensing and writing one’s
own licence. Part
1<http://livinglibre1.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/the-hillfolk-licensing-decision-1-potential-licences/>and
Part
2.<http://livinglibre1.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/the-hillfolk-licensing-decision-2-potential-solutions/>
Libre works
*Art*
-
David Revoy <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:david-revoy> is a
fantasy artist who’s provided concept art for Sintel and Tears of Steel.
(CC BY and CC BY-SA)
- A fan of Nina Paley’s Mimi & Eunice comic has created a 2013
calendar<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:mimi-and-eunice>.
(Copyheart)
- Links to art galleries have been added for Blender movies Elephants
Dream <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:elephants-dream>, Big Buck
Bunny <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:big-buck-bunny>, Tears of
Steel<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:tears-of-steel>and
Sintel <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:sintel>.
*Video*
- Open Access
Explained<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:open-access-explained>is
a video from PhD Comics explaining what open access is. (CC BY)
*Music*
-
Brad Sucks has released his third album, ‘Guess Who’s a
Mess’.<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:guess-who-s-a-mess>It’s not
any more cheerful than his previous offerings, but it’s very
catchy! (CC BY-SA)
-
Slim <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:slim> is a lovely rock band
with one album. (CC BY-SA)
-
Radio Nowhere <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:radio-nowhere> is
the rock/pop band that replaced Slim. One of their albums is libre, the
other is proprietary. (CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC-SA)
-
CCTRAX <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:cctrax> is a collection of
CC-licensed albums. (Libre and proprietary)
-
thesixtyone <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:thesixtyone> plays
music at random. It has a CC channel, but doesn’t distinguish between libre
and proprietary music. (Libre and proprietary)
*Information*
-
CrisisCommons
Wiki<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:crisiscommons-wiki>is a place
to collaborate and share data about disaster management
operations. (PD)
-
The Victorian Government Data
Directory<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:victorian-government-data-directory>collects
data from the Victorian state government. (CC BY)
- The Open Data Hackathon How To
Guide<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:open-data-hackathon-how-to-guide>is
the OKFN’s latest offering. (CC BY)
*Literature*
-
The Enemy and How I Helped to Fight
It<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-enemy-and-how-i-helped-to-fight-it>is
a political satire about the Israel-Lebanon border, by free culture
stalwart Shlomi Fish. (CC BY-SA)
*Software*
-
Open Source Alternative<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:open-source-alternative>is
a site that proposes open source alternatives to popular proprietary
software. (a range of libre licences)
-
The OSSwin Project<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:the-osswin-project>is
a site that lists open source software available for Windows systems.
(a
range of libre licences)
-
Code School <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:code-school> will teach
you to program via video! (CC BY-SA)
*Tabletop Games*
-
The Action! System <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:action-system> is
a tabletop RPG. There is an HTML version available. (Open Game License)
-
There are third-party System Reference Documents (free culture-only
versions of the game) for tabletop RPGs Spirit of the
Century,<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:spirit-of-the-century>
FATE <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:fate>,
RuneQuest<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:runequest>,
Dungeons & Dragons<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:dungeons-dragons-3e>,
Fudge <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:fudge>, d20
Modern<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:d20-modern>,
d6 Fantasy <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:opend6>, Blue
Rose<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:blue-rose>and
True20 <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:true20>
- *Amagi Games*
-
- Perfect20 <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:perfect20> is a
variant on Dungeons & Dragons 3E from Amagi Games. (OGL)
-
- The Ouroboros
Cycle<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-ouroboros-cycle>is a set
of books about tabletop roleplaying, from general advice to
specific settings. (PD)
*Electronic Games*
-
Nooskewl Games <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:nooskewl-games> is
an independent game studio that releases the code for some of its games
under the Give It Your Own License, License (a PD licence).
*Licences*
-
The Give It Your Own License,
License<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/licence:give-it-your-own-license-license>allows
you to relicense the work under the licence of your choice. (PD)
Proprietary shareable works
-
Molly Lewis <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:molly-lewis> is a
ukelele-playing musician. (CC BY-NC-SA)
Until next time!
*Chris Sakkas
**Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/> and the Living
Libre blog <http://www.livinglibre.com> and Twitter
feed<https://twitter.com/#%21/living_libre>
.*
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