[Open-access] FOSsil Bank Update (12 May 2013)

[Chris Sakkas]

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<http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/join>.
(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<http://dreamsanddragons.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/playtest-progress.html>,
now in its third edition. (CC BY-SA)

The Software Freedom Conservancy <https://sfconservancy.org/campaign/> is
running a fundraising campaign to develop an open source non-profit
accounting software. ($10,224/$75,000)

The Green Meme online organising
handbook<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/896010241/help-launch-the-most-amazing-online-organizing-gui>completed
its funding. (CC BY; $3,976/$2,200)

t.b.d. <http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/t-b-d-the-webseries> is a TV
miniseries about twenty-somethings in a conflicted Midwest town. (CC BY-SA;
6 days left; $166/$5,000)

The Lyrical Truth<http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fight-violence-with-music-the-lyrical-truth-musical-movie>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
<http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/geary-a-beautiful-modern-open-source-email-client?c=home>is
an open source email client. Unfortunately it didn’t make its goal. ($50,860
of $100,000)

Monster Tome <http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monstertome/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<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/421164014/openshot-video-editor-for-windows-mac-and-linux>shot
through its goal. ($
45,028 of $20,000)

The Public Domain Review <http://publicdomainreview.org/support/> 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<http://blackflaggames.org/free-culture-patronage/>– and will
create art in exchange. (free culture or free software licences
of your choosing)

 Community

Earn $30 by writing an
adventure<http://gamishdesigner.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/call-to-adventure-critical-go-westerly.html>for
the libre tabletop RPG Critical!: Go Westerly.

Two Google groups have popped up: The Free Culture
Foundation<https://plus.google.com/communities/104488559036561591819>and
CC
BY-SA <https://plus.google.com/communities/105936311696007329936>
Libre Works
The boardgame To the
Barricades<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:to-the-barricades>now
has a playtest version available. (CC BY-SA)

RPG retroclone Swords &
Wizardry<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work: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,<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-open-book>a crowdsourced
publication that introduces the global open movement. (CC
BY)

The Pathfinder SRD <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:pfsrd> is a massive
undertaking that warrants its own section. (OGL)

The Digital Public
Library<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:digital-public-library-of-america>launched
last month. (CC BY)

Jeff Preston <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:jeff-preston> is an
artist who created the 108 Terrible Character Portraits. (CC BY)

Envisioning Technology<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:envisioning-technology>is
a futurist studio. (CC BY-SA)

Open the Future <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry: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 <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:one-shot> is a tabletop RPG
of sacrifice and vengeance. (CC BY-SA)

Interactivities
Ink<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:interactivities-ink>has a
bevy of games you can download. (CC BY-SA)

The Italian Constitutional
Court<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:italian-constitutional-court>is
experimenting with open data. (CC BY-SA)

Super Repo <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry: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<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry: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 <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:midgard>RPG
went down, but because it’s under a libre licence we can preserve it. (CC
BY-SA)

Elevation of Privilege<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:elevation-of-privilege>is
an original deck of cards and a game to play with those cards created
by
Microsoft. (CC BY)

Tenpenny Joke <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source: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<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-wealth-of-the-commons>is
finally available online. (CC BY-SA)

QuadSystem <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:quad-system> is an RPG
created for a recent contest. (CC BY)

I went to some effort to list which Piecepack
games<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:piecepack>are under which
public copyright licence. (PD, GNU FDL, CC BY-NC-SA)
Non-free Shareable Works

 BrickQuest <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:brickquest>is fantasy
boardgaming in an ABS (Lego) universe. (CC BY-NC-SA)

Threshold <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:threshold-tragic-superheroes>is
a tabletop RPG of tragic superheroes inspired by
*Otherkind. *(CC BY-NC-SA)

Leviathans <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:leviathans>is a steampunk
vehicle miniatures game. (CC BY-NC-SA)

Aetherverse <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:aetherverse>is a sci-fi
miniatures game. (CC BY-NC-SA)



Enjoy!

*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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