[Open-access] FOSsil Bank Update (3 November 2012)

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)
   -

   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)
   -

   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)
   -

   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

   -

   Bejewelled-style TumbleGonk <http://www.indiegogo.com/tumblegonk> failed
   to be ransomed on IndieGoGo, and all contributions were refunded.
   -

   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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